🏺 🧪 Research and publications like this really matter, since even when one theory is not supported by later evidence, it opens up interesting new perspectives and scenarios for #humanevolution.
Rather, in terms of metrics and morphology, it matches best to impact from a hammerstone, likely used to access the liquid within-bone nutrients such as marrow and bone grease.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🏺 🧪 Research and publications like this really matter, since even when one theory is not supported by later evidence, it opens up interesting new perspectives and scenarios for #humanevolution.
The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now!
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess
📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess
📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now!
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess
📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess
📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
The new issue of PaleoAnthropology is now online! 📢
It includes the Special Issue 'What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics'
The cover features the article 'Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium' by Balzeau et al.
#humanevolution #openaccess
It includes the Special Issue 'What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics'
The cover features the article 'Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium' by Balzeau et al.
#humanevolution #openaccess
The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now!
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess
📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess
📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...
#paleoanthropology #humanevolution
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The new issue of PaleoAnthropology is now online! 📢
It includes the Special Issue 'What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics'
The cover features the article 'Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium' by Balzeau et al.
#humanevolution #openaccess
It includes the Special Issue 'What’s in a Name? Late Middle and Early Late Pleistocene Hominin Systematics'
The cover features the article 'Revisiting the Anatomy of the Florisbad Hominin Cranium' by Balzeau et al.
#humanevolution #openaccess
Archaeologists in Kenya’s Turkana Basin found early stone tools showing that ancient humans used the same designs for about 300,000 years, from 2.75 to 2.44 Mya, even as the region’s climate grew drier and less stable. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #History
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Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
2.7-million-year-old tools reveal humanity’s first great innovation
Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions for nearly 300,000 years despite extreme climate swings. The tools, remarkab...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Archaeologists in Kenya’s Turkana Basin found early stone tools showing that ancient humans used the same designs for about 300,000 years, from 2.75 to 2.44 Mya, even as the region’s climate grew drier and less stable. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #History
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Paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I wrote an article for the NHM magazine about how we study 💀Neanderthal💀 hand use through functional adaptation and artistic expression ... and what this means for our understanding of survival and extinction
💙 #AcademicSky 🌳 #NaturalHistory 🦴 #HumanEvolution
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💙 #AcademicSky 🌳 #NaturalHistory 🦴 #HumanEvolution
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Natural History Museum Magazine Autumn 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I wrote an article for the NHM magazine about how we study 💀Neanderthal💀 hand use through functional adaptation and artistic expression ... and what this means for our understanding of survival and extinction
💙 #AcademicSky 🌳 #NaturalHistory 🦴 #HumanEvolution
issuu.com/immediatemed...
💙 #AcademicSky 🌳 #NaturalHistory 🦴 #HumanEvolution
issuu.com/immediatemed...
#evolution #consciousnessevolution #evolutionofconsciousness #higherconsciousness #humanevolution #5d #lawsoftheuniverse #trueself #allowing #universalconsciousness #awaken #raiseyourfrequency #spiritualgrowth #highervibes #consciousnessrevolution #divinelight #evolve #evolveordie
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Ancient DNA reveals how the Sarmatians—steppe warriors who once challenged Rome—migrated, mixed, and quietly became part of Europe’s genetic legacy. Their story is one of disappearance through survival. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #AncientDNA #Sarmatians www.anthropology.net/p/the-vanish...
The Vanished Riders of the Steppe: What Ancient DNA Reveals About Europe’s “Forgotten People”
How the Sarmatians — once feared horsemen on the Roman frontier — became genetic ghosts in the heart of Europe.
www.anthropology.net
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Ancient DNA reveals how the Sarmatians—steppe warriors who once challenged Rome—migrated, mixed, and quietly became part of Europe’s genetic legacy. Their story is one of disappearance through survival. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #AncientDNA #Sarmatians www.anthropology.net/p/the-vanish...
New modeling reveals that both Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers transformed Europe’s ecosystems through hunting and fire, centuries before farming began. #Anthropology #Paleoecology #Neanderthals #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/the-first-...
The First Landscapers: How Neanderthals and Early Humans Rewired Europe’s Ecosystems
New simulations reveal that both Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped the European environment long before farming arrived.
www.anthropology.net
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
New modeling reveals that both Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers transformed Europe’s ecosystems through hunting and fire, centuries before farming began. #Anthropology #Paleoecology #Neanderthals #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/the-first-...
New research reframes scavenging as a vital evolutionary strategy, arguing that early humans thrived as opportunistic foragers—masters of meat, microbes, and cooperation. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Scavenging #Archaeology www.anthropology.net/p/the-scaven...
The Scavenger’s Edge: How Eating the Dead Shaped the Living
A new study argues that carrion, not just the hunt, long dismissed as desperate or primitive, was not a fallback strategy, but a defining force in the evolution of early humans.
www.anthropology.net
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
New research reframes scavenging as a vital evolutionary strategy, arguing that early humans thrived as opportunistic foragers—masters of meat, microbes, and cooperation. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Scavenging #Archaeology www.anthropology.net/p/the-scaven...
A new 3D analysis reveals humans evolved skulls nearly twice as fast as other apes, reshaping our faces and brains under unique social and cognitive pressures. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #GreatApes www.anthropology.net/p/the-face-t...
The Face That Changed Too Fast: Why Homo sapiens Outran the Apes in Skull Evolution
A new 3D analysis of ape skulls reveals that humans didn’t just evolve differently—they evolved at double speed, reshaping the very architecture of the head.
www.anthropology.net
October 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
A new 3D analysis reveals humans evolved skulls nearly twice as fast as other apes, reshaping our faces and brains under unique social and cognitive pressures. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #GreatApes www.anthropology.net/p/the-face-t...
A 40,000-year-old East Asian genome reveals an early Homo sapiens lineage with almost no Denisovan ancestry—challenging ideas about contact, migration, and evolution across Ice Age Asia. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #Denisovans #Pleistocene @janetk.bsky.social
The Missing Denisovan Shadow
How a newly discovered East Asian lineage is reshaping the story of human ancestry and evolution
www.anthropology.net
October 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A 40,000-year-old East Asian genome reveals an early Homo sapiens lineage with almost no Denisovan ancestry—challenging ideas about contact, migration, and evolution across Ice Age Asia. #Archaeogenetics #HumanEvolution #Denisovans #Pleistocene @janetk.bsky.social
He et al. sequenced genomes of 2,280 Hui individuals sequenced or genotyped from 30 regions, to examine the genetic origins, population structure, and biological adaptations of Chinese Hui populations.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf225
#evobio #molbio #humanevolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf225
#evobio #molbio #humanevolution
Largest-Scale Genomic Resource Reconstructing the Genetic Origin, Population Structure, and Biological Adaptations of the Hui People
Abstract. Historical and archaeological records indicate that the Maritime and Land Silk Roads played a pivotal role in facilitating Trans-Eurasian migrati
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
He et al. sequenced genomes of 2,280 Hui individuals sequenced or genotyped from 30 regions, to examine the genetic origins, population structure, and biological adaptations of Chinese Hui populations.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf225
#evobio #molbio #humanevolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf225
#evobio #molbio #humanevolution
New research shows that ancient hominids endured periodic lead exposure for two million years, shaping neural resilience, cognition, and possibly language evolution. #HumanEvolution #Neuroanthropology #Archaeology #Toxicology www.anthropology.net/p/toxic-inte...
Toxic Intelligence: How Ancient Lead Exposure Shaped the Hominid Brain
New research suggests that intermittent lead exposure may have acted as a hidden selective pressure in hominid evolution, shaping neural resilience, cognition & perhaps even the origins of language.
www.anthropology.net
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New research shows that ancient hominids endured periodic lead exposure for two million years, shaping neural resilience, cognition, and possibly language evolution. #HumanEvolution #Neuroanthropology #Archaeology #Toxicology www.anthropology.net/p/toxic-inte...
Massive stone “funnels” found in Slovenia and Italy may be Europe’s oldest hunting megastructures—proof that early societies shaped landscapes through cooperation and ingenuity. #Archaeology #Prehistory #HumanEvolution @pnas.org www.anthropology.net/p/walls-for-...
Walls for the Hunt: Europe’s Forgotten Megastructures and the Rise of Prehistoric Cooperation
Four massive stone traps hidden in the hills of Slovenia and Italy suggest that Europe’s earliest communities engineered landscapes to capture not just animals, but collective purpose.
www.anthropology.net
October 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Massive stone “funnels” found in Slovenia and Italy may be Europe’s oldest hunting megastructures—proof that early societies shaped landscapes through cooperation and ingenuity. #Archaeology #Prehistory #HumanEvolution @pnas.org www.anthropology.net/p/walls-for-...
New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a lost Ice Age land bridge linking Anatolia and Europe—possibly used by both Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Pleistocene #Aegean www.anthropology.net/p/when-the-s...
When the Sea Was a Road: Early Humans and the Lost Land Bridge of Ayvalık
New archaeological discoveries along Turkey’s Aegean coast suggest that both Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens may have shared a vanished corridor between Anatolia and Europe.
www.anthropology.net
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a lost Ice Age land bridge linking Anatolia and Europe—possibly used by both Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Pleistocene #Aegean www.anthropology.net/p/when-the-s...
A 400,000-year-old elephant site near Rome reveals how early humans adapted to a warmer world, turning bones into tools and environment into teacher. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Pleistocene #Italy www.anthropology.net/p/when-giant...
When Giants Walked the Tiber: How Early Humans and Elephants Coexisted in a Warmer Italy
A 400,000-year-old elephant carcass near Rome reveals how early humans adapted to a lush, changing world—and how the environment shaped their ingenuity.
www.anthropology.net
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A 400,000-year-old elephant site near Rome reveals how early humans adapted to a warmer world, turning bones into tools and environment into teacher. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Pleistocene #Italy www.anthropology.net/p/when-giant...
12,000 years ago, desert dwellers in Arabia carved monumental camels into cliffs—signs of water, memory, and survival. Rock art was more than imagery; it was a lifeline. #Archaeology #Anthropology #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/how-monume...
How Monumental Art Helped Humans Thrive in Arabia’s Harshest Desert
Twelve-thousand-year-old engravings in northern Arabia reveal how early desert communities used monumental art to mark water, memory, and survival.
www.anthropology.net
October 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
12,000 years ago, desert dwellers in Arabia carved monumental camels into cliffs—signs of water, memory, and survival. Rock art was more than imagery; it was a lifeline. #Archaeology #Anthropology #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/how-monume...
Ancient DNA from Mongolian burials shows two Bronze Age herder groups coexisted for centuries before Slab Grave newcomers displaced them. A rare window on coexistence, migration & identity. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #AncientDNA www.anthropology.net/p/when-two-w...
When Two Worlds Met on the Steppe
New genomic evidence reveals how Bronze Age herders coexisted—and then vanished—in Mongolia’s Orkhon Valley
www.anthropology.net
September 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ancient DNA from Mongolian burials shows two Bronze Age herder groups coexisted for centuries before Slab Grave newcomers displaced them. A rare window on coexistence, migration & identity. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #AncientDNA www.anthropology.net/p/when-two-w...
A 1-million-year-old skull from China links Homo longi, Denisovans & early Homo sapiens, reshaping our view of human origins in Asia. #Anthropology #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Denisovans www.anthropology.net/p/a-skull-fr...
A Skull from China Rewrites the Story of Our Genus
How the million-year-old Yunxian cranium connects Homo longi, the Denisovans, and the roots of Homo sapiens
www.anthropology.net
September 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A 1-million-year-old skull from China links Homo longi, Denisovans & early Homo sapiens, reshaping our view of human origins in Asia. #Anthropology #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Denisovans www.anthropology.net/p/a-skull-fr...
Wood and bone tally sticks from England, China & the Maya world show money began as state accounting—not barter. New research reframes our economic origins. #Anthropology #Archaeology #Money #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/counting-p...
Counting Power: What Ancient Tally Sticks Tell Us About the Origins of Money
Wooden and bone sticks from England, China, and the Maya world show how governments—not barter—first created money
www.anthropology.net
September 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wood and bone tally sticks from England, China & the Maya world show money began as state accounting—not barter. New research reframes our economic origins. #Anthropology #Archaeology #Money #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/counting-p...
42,000 years ago on France’s Atlantic fringe, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared beads, pigments, and tools. A jewelry workshop at Saint-Césaire reshapes ideas of contact and culture. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Neanderthals www.anthropology.net/p/shells-pig...
Shells, Pigments, and the Last Neanderthals: Jewelry-Making at Saint-Césaire
A 42,000-year-old workshop from France’s Atlantic fringe reveals how beads and pigments linked Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens in a changing Europe.
www.anthropology.net
September 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
42,000 years ago on France’s Atlantic fringe, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared beads, pigments, and tools. A jewelry workshop at Saint-Césaire reshapes ideas of contact and culture. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Neanderthals www.anthropology.net/p/shells-pig...
Researchers used a smartphone LiDAR and a terrestrial scanner to build a precise 3D model of Spain’s La Pileta Cave, revealing Paleolithic art in digital form. #Archaeology #LiDAR #CaveArt #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/pocket-siz...
Pocket-Sized Laser Beams in a Prehistoric Cathedral: Mapping La Pileta Cave with Smartphone LiDAR
Researchers use everyday technology to create a full 3D record of one of Europe’s richest Paleolithic cave art sites
www.anthropology.net
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Researchers used a smartphone LiDAR and a terrestrial scanner to build a precise 3D model of Spain’s La Pileta Cave, revealing Paleolithic art in digital form. #Archaeology #LiDAR #CaveArt #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/pocket-siz...
Ancient tools from Ayvalık, Turkey reveal a forgotten Paleolithic corridor linking Anatolia and Europe. Levallois flakes & handaxes point to early human mobility. #Archaeology #Paleolithic #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/ancient-cr...
Ancient Crossroads Beneath the Aegean: How Ayvalık Rewrites the Map of Early Human Journeys
New evidence from Turkey’s northwestern coast suggests a forgotten route for Paleolithic people crossing between Anatolia and Europe
www.anthropology.net
September 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ancient tools from Ayvalık, Turkey reveal a forgotten Paleolithic corridor linking Anatolia and Europe. Levallois flakes & handaxes point to early human mobility. #Archaeology #Paleolithic #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/ancient-cr...
Time flies and soon it will be time to close the Apidima excavation, after a very productive season!🔨👲
In the meantime, here's a Field Friday photo of the team in Cave D 😍
#fieldfriday #humanevolution #ERC
In the meantime, here's a Field Friday photo of the team in Cave D 😍
#fieldfriday #humanevolution #ERC
September 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Time flies and soon it will be time to close the Apidima excavation, after a very productive season!🔨👲
In the meantime, here's a Field Friday photo of the team in Cave D 😍
#fieldfriday #humanevolution #ERC
In the meantime, here's a Field Friday photo of the team in Cave D 😍
#fieldfriday #humanevolution #ERC
A 30,000-year-old toolkit from a Gravettian hunter in today’s Czech Republic reveals a life of mobility, recycling & memory. Stone tools tell stories of survival & connection. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Paleolithic #Anthropology
Inside a Hunter’s Pouch: What a 30,000-Year-Old Toolkit Reveals about Gravettian Life
Stone, Memory, and Movement on the Ice Age Plains
www.anthropology.net
September 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A 30,000-year-old toolkit from a Gravettian hunter in today’s Czech Republic reveals a life of mobility, recycling & memory. Stone tools tell stories of survival & connection. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Paleolithic #Anthropology