Tag: Chad

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 12, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, bipedalism, Chad, chimpanzees, common ancestor, Haaretz, hominins, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Human Evolution, knuckle-walking, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Leipzig, Marine Cazenave, Martin Pickford, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Michael Brunet, Milford H. Wolpoff, Nature (journal), New Scientist, New York University, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Rhianna Drummond-Clarke, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, Scientific American, Scott Williams, Toumaï, trees, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Washington Post}

New Paper Fails to Settle Debate Over Bipedalism in Sahelanthropus tchadensis

_{Casey Luskin
January 12, 2026

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Many have called this fossil a human ancestor that lived at about 7 million years ago, around the time of our supposed most recent common ancestor with chimps. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, astrobiologists, ATP, Chad, DNA, ecosystems, Hunga-Tonga volcano, hydrothermal vents, membranes, NASA, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, phosphorus, Sahara Desert, The Miracle of Man, volcanism}

Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

_{David Coppedge
June 16, 2025

Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design

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Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Ardipithecus, Chad, femur, fossil record, Graecopithecus, hominins, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Miocene apes, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), Orrorin, paleontology, Paris, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, skull, University of Poitiers}

Fossil Friday: Sahelanthropus, to Be or Not to Be Bipedal

_{Günter Bechly
September 9, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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On the morning of July 19, 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 30, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, burial, Chad, Darwinian paradigm, femur, fossils, gorilla, hominid, human origins, Israel, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Misliya cave, paleoanthropology, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Stony Brook University}

#3 of Our Top Stories of 2018: For Paleoanthropology, Another Annus Horribilis

_{Günter Bechly
December 30, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 29, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, burial, Chad, Darwinian paradigm, femur, fossils, gorilla, hominid, human origins, Israel, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Misliya cave, paleoanthropology, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Stony Brook University}

For Paleoanthropology, Dawn of Another Annus Horribilis

_{Günter Bechly
January 29, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›