SahelanthropustchadensiscraniumleftsideintheMuse Type post Author Casey Luskin Date January 12, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionHuman 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 8 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 ›
Ngarai_Sianok_sumatran_monkey Type post Author Casey Luskin Date March 14, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , evolutionary icons, Gizmodo, hominids, hominins, human origins, humans, intelligence, macaques, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, monkeys, primates, rocks, Science Advances, The Hill, tools Monkey-Made “Tools” Cast Doubt on High Intelligence in Early Hominids Casey Luskin March 14, 2023 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 6 Macaque monkeys from Lobi Bay, Thailand, have been observed “unintentionally” producing stone tools. Read More ›
Svante Pääbo Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date October 3, 2022 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyPaleontology Tagged , Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, data, fossils, Germany, Günter Bechly, hominins, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel Prize, paleontologists, paleontology, Politics, Svante Pääbo New Nobel Laureate, Svante Pääbo, on the “Politics” of Paleontology and Humans Origins David Klinghoffer October 3, 2022 Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology 3 These are welcome and candid observations, refuting notions that human origins is a fully objective area of research. Read More ›
