@teacherhorse.bsky.social
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It’s live! 👏
Decoding Our Story is a three-part series on how genetics is rewriting the human story🏺
Recorded at the @salkinstitute.bsky.social's CARTA symposium on ancient DNA, these episodes take you behind the scenes of one of the most exciting frontiers in modern science.
Enjoy!
Decoding Our Story is a three-part series on how genetics is rewriting the human story🏺
Recorded at the @salkinstitute.bsky.social's CARTA symposium on ancient DNA, these episodes take you behind the scenes of one of the most exciting frontiers in modern science.
Enjoy!
Decoding Our Story
What happens when you marry the art of archaeology with the science of genetics?
onhumans.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It’s live! 👏
Decoding Our Story is a three-part series on how genetics is rewriting the human story🏺
Recorded at the @salkinstitute.bsky.social's CARTA symposium on ancient DNA, these episodes take you behind the scenes of one of the most exciting frontiers in modern science.
Enjoy!
Decoding Our Story is a three-part series on how genetics is rewriting the human story🏺
Recorded at the @salkinstitute.bsky.social's CARTA symposium on ancient DNA, these episodes take you behind the scenes of one of the most exciting frontiers in modern science.
Enjoy!
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Why do we exist?
The science of human origins keeps producing new theories. But are we any closer to telling a true story of human origins? Or are we simply drowning in data?
I think we have a story--a story centered on calories, childhoods, cooperation, and climate.
Here is the story.
The science of human origins keeps producing new theories. But are we any closer to telling a true story of human origins? Or are we simply drowning in data?
I think we have a story--a story centered on calories, childhoods, cooperation, and climate.
Here is the story.
Can We Tell a (True) Story of Human Origins?
The science of human origins keeps producing new theories. But are we any closer to telling a true story of human origins? I think so. Here is the story.
onhumans.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Why do we exist?
The science of human origins keeps producing new theories. But are we any closer to telling a true story of human origins? Or are we simply drowning in data?
I think we have a story--a story centered on calories, childhoods, cooperation, and climate.
Here is the story.
The science of human origins keeps producing new theories. But are we any closer to telling a true story of human origins? Or are we simply drowning in data?
I think we have a story--a story centered on calories, childhoods, cooperation, and climate.
Here is the story.
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On mountain gorillas: A biodiversity reporter "heads up into the Virunga mountains, guided by wildlife vets, to find out how they achieved this rare and extraordinary conservation success." A podcast with @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social from @theguardian.com #gorillas #conservation #anthropology 🧪
The comeback of the mountain gorilla – podcast
Patrick Greenfield hikes up the Virunga mountains in east Africa to trace the remarkable comeback of the mountain gorilla
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On mountain gorillas: A biodiversity reporter "heads up into the Virunga mountains, guided by wildlife vets, to find out how they achieved this rare and extraordinary conservation success." A podcast with @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social from @theguardian.com #gorillas #conservation #anthropology 🧪
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Forget the Hard Problem.
Here comes the "Lobster Problem of Consciousness"
🧠 onhumans.substack.com/p/can-the-br...
with @matthewcobb.bsky.social
Here comes the "Lobster Problem of Consciousness"
🧠 onhumans.substack.com/p/can-the-br...
with @matthewcobb.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Forget the Hard Problem.
Here comes the "Lobster Problem of Consciousness"
🧠 onhumans.substack.com/p/can-the-br...
with @matthewcobb.bsky.social
Here comes the "Lobster Problem of Consciousness"
🧠 onhumans.substack.com/p/can-the-br...
with @matthewcobb.bsky.social
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In a new paper led by Jiaqi Yang we trace the distribution of Denisovan introgressed DNA in ancient modern human genomes over time.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
An early East Asian lineage with unexpectedly low Denisovan ancestry
Yang et al. study Denisovan ancestry in ancient and present-day humans. In contrast
to other East Asians, genomic comparisons suggest that the Jomon derived most of their
ancestry from a deep lineage ...
www.cell.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
In a new paper led by Jiaqi Yang we trace the distribution of Denisovan introgressed DNA in ancient modern human genomes over time.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Can the brain understand itself? 🧠
In a new episode, @matthewcobb.bsky.social explores the glories and the limits of neuroscience.
Expect colorful characters--and a telling lesson about the lobster's stomach 🦞 👀
Full convo in audio; highlights in writing.
onhumans.substack.com/p/can-the-br...
In a new episode, @matthewcobb.bsky.social explores the glories and the limits of neuroscience.
Expect colorful characters--and a telling lesson about the lobster's stomach 🦞 👀
Full convo in audio; highlights in writing.
onhumans.substack.com/p/can-the-br...
Can the Brain Understand Itself?
Scientist and historian Matthew Cobb explores the limits of neuroscience.
onhumans.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Can the brain understand itself? 🧠
In a new episode, @matthewcobb.bsky.social explores the glories and the limits of neuroscience.
Expect colorful characters--and a telling lesson about the lobster's stomach 🦞 👀
Full convo in audio; highlights in writing.
onhumans.substack.com/p/can-the-br...
In a new episode, @matthewcobb.bsky.social explores the glories and the limits of neuroscience.
Expect colorful characters--and a telling lesson about the lobster's stomach 🦞 👀
Full convo in audio; highlights in writing.
onhumans.substack.com/p/can-the-br...
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HOISTED FROM THE ARCHIVES: High Patriarchy
Hoisting and breaking this out so I will be able to find this easily in the future...
braddelong.substack.com/p/hoisted-fr...
Hoisting and breaking this out so I will be able to find this easily in the future...
braddelong.substack.com/p/hoisted-fr...
HOISTED FROM THE ARCHIVES: High Patriarchy
Hoisting and breaking this out so I will be able to find this easily in the future. Originally at <https://braddelong.substack.com/p/high-patriarchy>…
braddelong.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
HOISTED FROM THE ARCHIVES: High Patriarchy
Hoisting and breaking this out so I will be able to find this easily in the future...
braddelong.substack.com/p/hoisted-fr...
Hoisting and breaking this out so I will be able to find this easily in the future...
braddelong.substack.com/p/hoisted-fr...
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🧠 Dopamine. Serotonin. Endorphins.
How do these mythic molecules really work? Do we even know?
In this episode, Judy Grisel uses drugs and addiction as a window into the chemistry that flavours every moment of our lived experience.
What a tour!✨
How do these mythic molecules really work? Do we even know?
In this episode, Judy Grisel uses drugs and addiction as a window into the chemistry that flavours every moment of our lived experience.
What a tour!✨
From Alcohol to Antidepressants: What Drugs Teach Us About Brain Chemistry ~ Judy Grisel
Podcast Episode · On Humans · 10/02/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🧠 Dopamine. Serotonin. Endorphins.
How do these mythic molecules really work? Do we even know?
In this episode, Judy Grisel uses drugs and addiction as a window into the chemistry that flavours every moment of our lived experience.
What a tour!✨
How do these mythic molecules really work? Do we even know?
In this episode, Judy Grisel uses drugs and addiction as a window into the chemistry that flavours every moment of our lived experience.
What a tour!✨
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Okay. It’s over.
We’ve covered it all: the origin of life, human evolution, the spread of Homo sapiens.
Now, an epic epilogue — The Holocene Story!
🙏Grateful to Johannes Krause, Dean Falk, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social & @timcoulson.bsky.social. What a journey!
🎧 65 min
📖 15 min
bit.ly/42RumtX
We’ve covered it all: the origin of life, human evolution, the spread of Homo sapiens.
Now, an epic epilogue — The Holocene Story!
🙏Grateful to Johannes Krause, Dean Falk, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social & @timcoulson.bsky.social. What a journey!
🎧 65 min
📖 15 min
bit.ly/42RumtX
Origins of Humankind, Part V: The Rest is History
In the final episode of The Origins of Humankind, Johannes Krause helps us fly over the vast plains human history.
onhumans.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Okay. It’s over.
We’ve covered it all: the origin of life, human evolution, the spread of Homo sapiens.
Now, an epic epilogue — The Holocene Story!
🙏Grateful to Johannes Krause, Dean Falk, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social & @timcoulson.bsky.social. What a journey!
🎧 65 min
📖 15 min
bit.ly/42RumtX
We’ve covered it all: the origin of life, human evolution, the spread of Homo sapiens.
Now, an epic epilogue — The Holocene Story!
🙏Grateful to Johannes Krause, Dean Falk, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social & @timcoulson.bsky.social. What a journey!
🎧 65 min
📖 15 min
bit.ly/42RumtX
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How did humans evolve? 🧠
And why are we the only once left? 🌍
Join Chris Stringer from @nhm-london.bsky.social and myself on this epic quest to understand our shared origins.
🎧 Listen or read at:
onhumans.substack.com/p/origins-of...
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
#science #evolution
And why are we the only once left? 🌍
Join Chris Stringer from @nhm-london.bsky.social and myself on this epic quest to understand our shared origins.
🎧 Listen or read at:
onhumans.substack.com/p/origins-of...
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
#science #evolution
Origins of Humankind, Part III: What Is a Human?
Things are about to get personal... In episode three of the series, Chris Stringer guides us through the story of humanity itself.
onhumans.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
How did humans evolve? 🧠
And why are we the only once left? 🌍
Join Chris Stringer from @nhm-london.bsky.social and myself on this epic quest to understand our shared origins.
🎧 Listen or read at:
onhumans.substack.com/p/origins-of...
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
#science #evolution
And why are we the only once left? 🌍
Join Chris Stringer from @nhm-london.bsky.social and myself on this epic quest to understand our shared origins.
🎧 Listen or read at:
onhumans.substack.com/p/origins-of...
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
#science #evolution
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This was epic! 🔥
Tim Coulson was recently the Head of Biology at Oxford. He did a brilliant job explaining how the rise of humans fits into the broader story of life on Earth 🌍
🧬 Listen or read for free!
👉 onhumans.substack.com/p/the-big-pi...
@timcoulson.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Tim Coulson was recently the Head of Biology at Oxford. He did a brilliant job explaining how the rise of humans fits into the broader story of life on Earth 🌍
🧬 Listen or read for free!
👉 onhumans.substack.com/p/the-big-pi...
@timcoulson.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
The Big Picture: From the Origins of Life to the Rise of Humans
It begins! The Origins of Humankind is a series exploring our shared human story. Expect world-leading experts, cutting-edge science, and storytelling that speaks to everyone.
onhumans.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This was epic! 🔥
Tim Coulson was recently the Head of Biology at Oxford. He did a brilliant job explaining how the rise of humans fits into the broader story of life on Earth 🌍
🧬 Listen or read for free!
👉 onhumans.substack.com/p/the-big-pi...
@timcoulson.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Tim Coulson was recently the Head of Biology at Oxford. He did a brilliant job explaining how the rise of humans fits into the broader story of life on Earth 🌍
🧬 Listen or read for free!
👉 onhumans.substack.com/p/the-big-pi...
@timcoulson.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
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"The Origins of Humankind" is now live! 👏
We’ve assembled the world’s leading experts to reconstruct humanity’s 4-billion-year origin story—with cutting-edge science as our guide.
The first episode is out now!
Listen. Read. Subscribe. All for free at:
👉 onhumans.substack.com/origins
We’ve assembled the world’s leading experts to reconstruct humanity’s 4-billion-year origin story—with cutting-edge science as our guide.
The first episode is out now!
Listen. Read. Subscribe. All for free at:
👉 onhumans.substack.com/origins
Origins of Humankind
Where do we come from?
onhumans.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"The Origins of Humankind" is now live! 👏
We’ve assembled the world’s leading experts to reconstruct humanity’s 4-billion-year origin story—with cutting-edge science as our guide.
The first episode is out now!
Listen. Read. Subscribe. All for free at:
👉 onhumans.substack.com/origins
We’ve assembled the world’s leading experts to reconstruct humanity’s 4-billion-year origin story—with cutting-edge science as our guide.
The first episode is out now!
Listen. Read. Subscribe. All for free at:
👉 onhumans.substack.com/origins