Tag: Australopithecus anamensis

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 26, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus, Associated Press, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, Australopithecus anamensis, balance, Bernard Wood, bipedalism, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), human evolution, human origins, humans, inner ear canals, Leslie Aiello, Lucy, lumpers, National Geographic, paleontology, splitters, teeth}

Australopithecines and Retroactive Confessions of Ignorance

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October 26, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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If a few teeth of intermediate size and shape make “the most complete chain of human evolution,” then the evidence for human evolution must be quite modest. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 30, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, anagenesis, Ann Gauger, annus horribilis, Associated Press, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Bernard Wood, BIO-Complexity, Denisovans, Ethiopia, genetic diversity, gradualism, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, Nature (journal), Ola Hössjer, paleoanthropology, population genetics, primates, punctuated equilibrium, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Magazine, Tim White}

A Disappointing Decade for the Study of Human Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
April 30, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Perhaps in ten years we’ll be having this conversation again — and perhaps at that time the Smithsonian Institution will give us all a more objective analysis of the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 29, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Afar region, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Charles Darwin, Darwinian gradualism, Daspletosaurus, David Gelernter, Ethiopia, Galápagos Islands, Germany, Homo (genus), Little Foot, Lucy, Modern evolutionary synthesis, mount improbable, National Geographic, Natural History Museum, Neo-Darwinism, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, Paranthropus, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Sabine Hossenfelder, stasis, Stephen Jay Gould, stickleback fish, Stuttgart, vertebrate}

#4 of Our Top Stories of 2019: Apeman Waves Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

_{Günter Bechly
December 29, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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A few days ago a sensational new paleontological discovery made headlines around the globe. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 6, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Afar region, Australopithecines, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus anamensis, Charles Darwin, Darwinian gradualism, Daspletosaurus, David Gelernter, Ethiopia, Galápagos Islands, Germany, Homo (genus), Little Foot, Lucy, Modern evolutionary synthesis, mount improbable, National Geographic, Natural History Museum, Neo-Darwinism, Niles Eldredge, paleontology, Paranthropus, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Sabine Hossenfelder, stasis, Stephen Jay Gould, stickleback fish, Stuttgart, vertebrates}

Apeman Waves Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

_{Günter Bechly
September 6, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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A few days ago a sensational new paleontological discovery made headlines around the globe. Read More ›