SahelanthropustchadensisIMG2949 Type post Author Casey Luskin Date January 13, 2026 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyPaleontology Tagged , Africa, bipedalism, bones, Clément Zanolli, competition, Djurab (desert), femur, fossil record, fossils, France, Franck Guy, Guillaume Daver, human origins, Jean-Jacques Jaeger, Jerry Coyne, Journal of Human Evolution, Michael Brunet, Nature (journal), New York University, paleoanthropology, Politics, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Science Advances, Scott Williams, skull, The Guardian, Toumaï, University of Poitiers, War and Peace, Washington Post, Why Evolution Is True “Competition and Politics” Complicate Debate Over Sahelanthropus tchadensis Casey Luskin January 13, 2026 Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology 12 It seemed like lots of people wanted to forget about the femur, because years went by and nothing was published about the bone. Read More ›
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 ›
