Tag: mandible

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 14, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, bones, Brunhes chron, Brunhes–Matuyama reversal, China, David Hills, Facebook, femoral shaft, fossil record, fossils, hominins, Homo sapiens, human origins, Jaramillo chron, Jerry Coyne, Joao Zilhão, John Hawks, mandible, media, Morocco, New York Times, paleontology, teeth, tooth morphology, University of Lisbon, vertebrae, Why Evolution Is True}

Teeth, Jawbones, and Vertebrae Fuel Overblown Media Claims of a “Missing Link”

_{Casey Luskin
January 14, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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So we’re talking about fossils that are very humanlike, if not essentially completely human. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 30, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, brain, Ethiopia, face, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Homo, Homo habilis, human origins, mandible, paleoanthropology, paleontology, phylogenetic analysis, University of Tübingen}

Fossil Friday: Homo rudolfensis, Another Contentious Homo

_{Günter Bechly
June 30, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Considering the checkered history of grandiose claims and controversies in paleoanthropology, some caution may be wise. 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
Casey Luskin

Date
September 1, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Science Reporting
Tagged
, BBC, Egypt, evolution, fossils, geologists, holotype, imagination, legs, mandible, National Public Radio, New York Post, Newsweek, Sahara Desert, skeleton, vertebrae, whale evolution}

Evolutionary Imagination and Belief Drive False Claims of a “Four-Legged Whale”

_{Casey Luskin
September 1, 2021

Evolution, Science Reporting

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Perhaps this organism had four legs. Perhaps it had flippers. Perhaps it was closely related to whales. Perhaps it has nothing to do with whales. 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

11}

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

11}

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