Category: Human evolution

British science writer Jeremy Taylor examines honestly the differences between chimps and people. ‘Bout time. more

… means students go away with nonsense stuffed in their heads more

It’s interesting that the Neanderthals are now described as “much maligned,” whereas maligning them – Michael Shermer-style – was the old normal. more

Article is free. more

Of course it was bound to come to this, and we owe the prof thanks for making it clear. more

“Britain’s leading expert on human evolution, Professor Chris Stringer, of the Natural History Museum, has warned in the journal Evolutionary Anthropology that the team in charge of La Sima has got the ages of its fossils wrong by 200,000 years and has incorrectly identified the species of ancient humans …” more

From “An analysis of microscopic and spectroscopic features of sediments deposited in a South African cave” more

Whichever Darwinian marvel did that must have been one cell of a scientist. more

Human evolution is the opposite of the summer reruns; every time they play, it’s a different story. more

“Forty percent of the 20 dog and wolf crania found at Predmostí have been pierced.” (ceremonially?) more

All maybe, but it is worth looking at world life expectancy before we decide that the Industrial Age is a villain to health. more