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Casey Luskin

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September 20, 2023

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Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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, Africa, fire, fossil record, Homo sapiens, human intelligence, human origins, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Science Daily, University of Liverpool}

Evidence of Woodworking Extends High Human Intelligence Far Back into the Mid-Pleistocene

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September 20, 2023

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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This rare find shows that some of the very human-like forms in the fossil record were actually much smarter than we thought. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 10, 2023

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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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, ancestors, archeology, cave art, Czech Republic, David Coppedge, human origins, humans, intelligence, Neanderthals, Racism, ravens, sexism, UNESCO, University of Tübingen, whiteness}

Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!

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July 10, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 17, 2023

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Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
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, 23andMe, Germany, Homo sapiens, human origins, intelligence, Michael Shermer, Middle Palaeolithic, missing links, Neanderthals, ScienceAlert, University of Tübingen}

Researchers: Neanderthals Invented Process to Produce Birch Tar

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June 17, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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The tar can be used for glue, bug repellent, and killing germs. This finding tracks growing recognition of Neanderthals as intelligent. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

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June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
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, consciousness, Durham University, Europe, human origins, humans, hunter-gatherers, Ice Age, Live Science, Neanderthals, paleontology, University College London}

Possible Cave “Proto-Writing” Challenges Slow Evolution of Human Consciousness

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January 10, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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London-based wood carving conservator Ben Bacon has, with academic colleagues, shaken up Ice Age paleontology. Read More ›

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December 20, 2022

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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, bears, cooking, crows, culture, deer, Eurasia, fathers, fire, foxes, humans, hunting, Neanderthals, speech, wolves}

Neanderthals Had a Thing for Eagles — And Hyenas

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December 20, 2022

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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However, Neanderthals are not thought, based on current evidence, to have had much interest in dogs. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 12, 2022

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Arts
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
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, children, civilization, copper, Greece, Homo naledi, Lee Berger, Michael Marshall, Neanderthals, Quartz, Rising Star Cave, South Africa, University of Liverpool}

Early Humans Were More Sophisticated than We Thought

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December 12, 2022

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Neanderthals were not just downing raw hunks of meat 70,000 years ago, as many of us have assumed. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 1, 2022

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Arts
Cultural Anthropology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, burial, creativity, culture, footprints, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Oxford University Press, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Washington University}

Human Origins: All in the Family

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November 1, 2022

Arts, Cultural Anthropology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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If a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, Charles Darwin, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), gradualism, Harvard University, Henry Gee, hominids, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, human evolution, human origins, humans, jaws, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, paleoanthropology, Richard Lewontin, Ronald Wetherington, skulls, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Jay Gould, Texas State Board of Education, textbooks}

Do Fossils Demonstrate Human Evolution? Let’s Consider the Technical Literature

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October 24, 2022

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Far from “a nice clean example” of “gradualistic evolutionary change” that has “no gaps,” the fossil record shows a dramatic discontinuity. Read More ›

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Date
October 20, 2022

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Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
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, central nervous system, DNA, evolution, fossils, genome, human origins, humans, meditation, Neanderthals, non-Africans, sleep, smoking}

Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!

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October 20, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess… Read More ›