HomoerectusdioramaattheHallofHumanOriginsatAMNH Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date May 29, 2026 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyPaleontology Tagged , archaeologists, artifacts, backpacking, cosmos, Darwinian evolution, dentistry, elephants, fossils, geodes, geological features, Griffith University, hand stencil, Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, human genome, human mind, human origins, Indonesia, Middle Pleistocene, Moon, Neanderthals, PNAS, religion, Smithsonian Magazine, symbolic thinking, technology, timeline, tools It Was Technology, Not the Human Mind, that Advanced Denyse O’Leary May 29, 2026 Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology 4 At one time, we were encouraged to interpret ancient humans as a long, slow, Darwinian ascent of man. But maybe that didn’t really happen. Read More ›