Dawn of sapiens
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Interested in everything human origins.
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Beautifully said. Her passing marks the loss of another giant in the field who broke down the barrier between "sapiens" "humans" and "primates" - that some of our more sapient-obsessed palaeoanthropologists had constructed.
October 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Beautifully said. Her passing marks the loss of another giant in the field who broke down the barrier between "sapiens" "humans" and "primates" - that some of our more sapient-obsessed palaeoanthropologists had constructed.
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Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
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My husband is stepping up to do something about the mess we're in. (I'm so proud of him/we're in for a wild year as a family)
I would LOVE it if you took all the frustration/anger/despair you're feeling and channeled it into helping us take the fight right to the heart of the Republican stronghold!
I would LOVE it if you took all the frustration/anger/despair you're feeling and channeled it into helping us take the fight right to the heart of the Republican stronghold!
Announcing something exciting!
We can flip the Kansas First, and eliminate the GOP majority in Congress.
Can you imagine a better or more important time to do it?
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We can flip the Kansas First, and eliminate the GOP majority in Congress.
Can you imagine a better or more important time to do it?
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Home - Colin for Kansas
Colin for The Big First District
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September 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My husband is stepping up to do something about the mess we're in. (I'm so proud of him/we're in for a wild year as a family)
I would LOVE it if you took all the frustration/anger/despair you're feeling and channeled it into helping us take the fight right to the heart of the Republican stronghold!
I would LOVE it if you took all the frustration/anger/despair you're feeling and channeled it into helping us take the fight right to the heart of the Republican stronghold!
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Education is supposed to help us become smart enough to understand ideas without necessarily agreeing with them or believing them to be true. That’s required of living in a society among others! If your religion is against people living in society then maybe rethink your religion or fully realize it
September 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Education is supposed to help us become smart enough to understand ideas without necessarily agreeing with them or believing them to be true. That’s required of living in a society among others! If your religion is against people living in society then maybe rethink your religion or fully realize it
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Only a handful of fossils of human relatives from the period before 2 million years ago come from outside of two narrow parts of Africa that cover less than one percent of the continent. But these few outlier sites represent great diversity, suggesting more.
www.johnhawks.net/p/geographic...
www.johnhawks.net/p/geographic...
Expanding the “Cradle of Humankind”
Developing a broader idea of the habitats and capacities of early hominins
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August 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Only a handful of fossils of human relatives from the period before 2 million years ago come from outside of two narrow parts of Africa that cover less than one percent of the continent. But these few outlier sites represent great diversity, suggesting more.
www.johnhawks.net/p/geographic...
www.johnhawks.net/p/geographic...
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I colorized this ancient water spout, likely from Cyprus and now at the Met Museum
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August 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I colorized this ancient water spout, likely from Cyprus and now at the Met Museum
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People eat food in many ways that may offend the palates of those who didn't grow up with their customs. Eating fermented or putrifying meat is common among traditional hunting societies but overlooked by many who study past hunters like Neanderthals.
www.johnhawks.net/p/bizarre-fo...
www.johnhawks.net/p/bizarre-fo...
Bizarre foods: Neanderthal edition
Scientists propose a maggot-fueled hypothesis for the diets of ancient hunters
www.johnhawks.net
July 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
People eat food in many ways that may offend the palates of those who didn't grow up with their customs. Eating fermented or putrifying meat is common among traditional hunting societies but overlooked by many who study past hunters like Neanderthals.
www.johnhawks.net/p/bizarre-fo...
www.johnhawks.net/p/bizarre-fo...
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It's all more evidence #Neanderthals were highly adaptable inc warm climate, also using plant foods.
Broader Qs beyond this paper: food storage & elephants hunts = larger groups? While focused task locales & evidence from lithics of reduced mobility might indicate a particular way of forest life.
Broader Qs beyond this paper: food storage & elephants hunts = larger groups? While focused task locales & evidence from lithics of reduced mobility might indicate a particular way of forest life.
July 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It's all more evidence #Neanderthals were highly adaptable inc warm climate, also using plant foods.
Broader Qs beyond this paper: food storage & elephants hunts = larger groups? While focused task locales & evidence from lithics of reduced mobility might indicate a particular way of forest life.
Broader Qs beyond this paper: food storage & elephants hunts = larger groups? While focused task locales & evidence from lithics of reduced mobility might indicate a particular way of forest life.
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I’ve only just discovered these searchable Nature databases… www.nature.com/search?q=Fos...
Fossil | Nature Search Results
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June 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’ve only just discovered these searchable Nature databases… www.nature.com/search?q=Fos...
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So many connections between star knowledge and ancient societies. Some have been embodied in monuments like Stonehenge, but the knowledge of they sky and its relation to natural and social cycles is vastly older.
www.johnhawks.net/p/when-did-o...
www.johnhawks.net/p/when-did-o...
When did our ancestors start looking up to the stars?
Changes in the sky have been important to peoples throughout the world. That connection may go back much further than our species.
www.johnhawks.net
June 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So many connections between star knowledge and ancient societies. Some have been embodied in monuments like Stonehenge, but the knowledge of they sky and its relation to natural and social cycles is vastly older.
www.johnhawks.net/p/when-did-o...
www.johnhawks.net/p/when-did-o...
If you ever wanted to explore history of the Denisovans but didn't know where to start, this is for you.
view.genially.com/68097ef2bb6b...
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Denisovan Sites | Genially
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May 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If you ever wanted to explore history of the Denisovans but didn't know where to start, this is for you.
view.genially.com/68097ef2bb6b...
view.genially.com/68097ef2bb6b...
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Two pieces of hominin skull sucked up and spit out of a giant undersea vacuum cleaner, with thousands of fragments of animal bones that were once buried in the course of the Solo River. Remarkable discovery from hard work and years of survey.
www.johnhawks.net/p/more-homin...
www.johnhawks.net/p/more-homin...
More hominins raised from beneath the waves
Fossils from the Madura Strait of Indonesia remind us of the expansive sunken landscapes of our ancestors.
www.johnhawks.net
May 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Two pieces of hominin skull sucked up and spit out of a giant undersea vacuum cleaner, with thousands of fragments of animal bones that were once buried in the course of the Solo River. Remarkable discovery from hard work and years of survey.
www.johnhawks.net/p/more-homin...
www.johnhawks.net/p/more-homin...
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The classic rendering of the obstetric dilemma hypothesis is that the size & shape of the human pelvis has been constrained by its restructuring for bipedal locomotion, making birth difficult. Nice discussion on the topic with CU Denver's Dr. Anna Warrener. #paleoanthropology #humanevolution
SoS 238: Rethinking the obstetric dilemma with Anna Warrener
Host Courtney Manthey unpack the obstetric dilemma with Dr. Anna G. Warrener. Dr. Anna G. Warrener earned her PhD from Washington University in St. Louis in 2012. She is now an assistant professor of
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May 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The classic rendering of the obstetric dilemma hypothesis is that the size & shape of the human pelvis has been constrained by its restructuring for bipedal locomotion, making birth difficult. Nice discussion on the topic with CU Denver's Dr. Anna Warrener. #paleoanthropology #humanevolution
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In Fongoli news, there have been a couple of big rains - enough to clean out & fill Sakoto pool, one of the chimps’ favorite soaking spots!
May 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In Fongoli news, there have been a couple of big rains - enough to clean out & fill Sakoto pool, one of the chimps’ favorite soaking spots!
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Fascinating - how encounters with feminist conscious raising groups & reading feminist texts changed primatology, showing how male bias worked in developing now outmoded evolutionary ideas like ‘man the hunter’ and ‘the military model of primate behaviour’! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
How feminism changed primatology - ABC listen
For decades, primatologists believed that primate societies were structured around aggressive alpha males - until a remarkable push from feminist scientists in the 1960s and 70s changed the narrative....
www.abc.net.au
May 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Fascinating - how encounters with feminist conscious raising groups & reading feminist texts changed primatology, showing how male bias worked in developing now outmoded evolutionary ideas like ‘man the hunter’ and ‘the military model of primate behaviour’! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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I discuss the Harbin cranium (probably the most complete Denisovan fossil found so far) youtu.be/VxRPbwc-Izc?...
Chris Stringer discusses the Harbin cranium - Dragon Man
YouTube video by Chris Stringer
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April 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I discuss the Harbin cranium (probably the most complete Denisovan fossil found so far) youtu.be/VxRPbwc-Izc?...
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Sometimes fossils are not as striking or immediately impressive to the eye. But even poorly preserved fossils can be critically important based on their context. This “bone mush” appears to be a hominin from a new area at Malapa and if so is likely an indication of big discoveries to come!
April 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sometimes fossils are not as striking or immediately impressive to the eye. But even poorly preserved fossils can be critically important based on their context. This “bone mush” appears to be a hominin from a new area at Malapa and if so is likely an indication of big discoveries to come!
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So I guess Jurassic Park in real life would be billions in VC investment and years of press releases followed by a tank containing five deformed iguanas
April 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
So I guess Jurassic Park in real life would be billions in VC investment and years of press releases followed by a tank containing five deformed iguanas
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For #FossilFriday an image of a 2 million year old #hominin humerus freed from the rock just today so you are among the first humans in the world to see it! Prepared by Zandile Ndaba or "Ma Zandi" the work on this skeleton has involved her for years. We owe her and our other preparators a great deal
April 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
For #FossilFriday an image of a 2 million year old #hominin humerus freed from the rock just today so you are among the first humans in the world to see it! Prepared by Zandile Ndaba or "Ma Zandi" the work on this skeleton has involved her for years. We owe her and our other preparators a great deal
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#FossilFriday The Dali cranium, about 260,000 years old. Probably Homo longi and therefore probably a Denisovan…
March 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#FossilFriday The Dali cranium, about 260,000 years old. Probably Homo longi and therefore probably a Denisovan…
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A scientifically illiterate fascist who is defunding science, and FRS.
The toadying lickspittles who championed this marketing creep should lose their privileges. What did they want? To brownnose a big boy under the misapprehension that standing near the powerful gifts them power.
The toadying lickspittles who championed this marketing creep should lose their privileges. What did they want? To brownnose a big boy under the misapprehension that standing near the powerful gifts them power.
Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk
Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk
Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’
The Royal Society has decided not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk over his conduct, saying that to do so could cause damage to the academy and science itself.
Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who also owns the social media platform X, was elected a fellow of the UK’s national academy of sciences in 2018, apparently in recognition of his work in the space and electric vehicle industries. Continue reading...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A scientifically illiterate fascist who is defunding science, and FRS.
The toadying lickspittles who championed this marketing creep should lose their privileges. What did they want? To brownnose a big boy under the misapprehension that standing near the powerful gifts them power.
The toadying lickspittles who championed this marketing creep should lose their privileges. What did they want? To brownnose a big boy under the misapprehension that standing near the powerful gifts them power.
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New substack, on @trevorcousins.bsky.social and @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social's brilliant new paper on the origin of Homo sapiens.
arutherford.substack.com/p/human-evol...
arutherford.substack.com/p/human-evol...
Human evolution: a one-million-year clusterf**k
A new incredibly subtle and elegant analysis of our living genomes reveals yet another major piece in the jigsaw of human evolution, completely hidden until now.
arutherford.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New substack, on @trevorcousins.bsky.social and @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social's brilliant new paper on the origin of Homo sapiens.
arutherford.substack.com/p/human-evol...
arutherford.substack.com/p/human-evol...
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Interesting overview of a couple of studies by Liran Samuni on the Taï chimpanzees. Play and intergroup encounters ...
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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(S+) Primatenforschung: Warum spielen erwachsene Schimpansen wie kleine Kinder miteinander?
Primatologen haben entdeckt, dass ältere Schimpansen überraschend oft wild miteinander spielen und dabei äußerst kreativ sind. In einer aufwendigen Feldstudie haben sie nun mögliche Erklärungen für di...
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March 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Interesting overview of a couple of studies by Liran Samuni on the Taï chimpanzees. Play and intergroup encounters ...
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM