Tag: University of Poitiers

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 2, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Abderrazak El Albani, Adolf Seilacher, agglutinated protists, Austria, Eukaryota, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Francevillian Formation, Gabon, Gabonionta, Lake Michigan, Metazoa, multicellular organisms, Natural History Museum of Vienna, paleontology, rocks, taxonomy, University of Poitiers, West Africa}

Fossil Friday: How an Austrian Scientist Concocted a New Domain of Life called Gabonionta

_{Günter Bechly
June 2, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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Is there any other evidence that this sensational discovery was nothing but hype? Sure there is. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 9, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Alain Beauvilain, Ardipithecus, bipedality, 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
February 8, 2021

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, bipedalism, chimpanzees, femur, gorillas, hominin, human ancestor, human origins, John Hawks, Journal of Human Evolution, Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Madelaine Böhme, Martin Pickford, New Scientist, Roberto Macchiarelli, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, University of Poitiers, University of Tübingen}

Newly Published Analysis Refutes Claims that Sahelanthropus tchadensis Was Human Ancestor

_{Casey Luskin
February 8, 2021

Human Origins and Anthropology

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What happened to the femur? Did the original discoverers hold on to the bones to stonewall an analysis with a conclusion they didn’t like? Read More ›

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Date
February 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Abderrazak El Albani, Astrobiology Magazine, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Darwin, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran era, Gabon, Mary Droser, microbial mats, NASA, On the Origin of Species, oxygen theory, Philip Donoghue, Spriggina, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Riverside, University of Bristol, University of California, University of Poitiers, West Africa}

Cambrian Explosion Blues

_{Science and Culture
February 2, 2018

Evolution

6}

Here’s a sampling of the latest speculations about the Cambrian explosion. Read More ›