Oldest Hominin Footprints Found Outside of Africa
The Laetoli hominin footprints have finally met their match. A group of footprints dating between 850,000 and 950,000 years ago …
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Bill Nye takes on Young Earth Creationism
Yesterday, young earth creationist Ken Ham hosted household name Bill Nye at the Creation Museum to “debate” evolution. See the …
News on South Africa’s Hominins: Berger’s Rising Star Expedition
This November, a team funded by National Geographic and led by Lee Berger of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg …
Ramidus Returns
Ardipithecus ramidus (Ardi) is back. In 2009, the skeleton discovered by Tim White’s team in the mid-90s was published in …
A New Twist in the Neandertal Lineage
Just in from Atapuerca, northern Spain: mitochondrial DNA has been retrieved from the bones of Homo heidelbergensis. The Sima de …
Applying to Grad School in Anthropology- Where will we go?
My graduate applications–probably like many of yours– are almost completely submitted by now. I spent the fall traveling around the …
Are YOU a Neandertal?
In 2010 the draft genome for Neandertals was released by Svante Pääbo and colleagues. It was reported that European and …
Microwear Analysis at Dmanisi
This month in the Journal of Human Evolution, a new study on the teeth of the Dmanisi Homo erectus has …
Boost your Immune System: Breed with an Extinct Human Species
Last week at the Royal Society in London, research was presented suggesting that Neandertals not only interbred with H. sapiens …
Evolution by Fire
For many years, the use of fire has been central to the discussion of human evolution. When was fire first …
