Saturday, February 29, 2020

Evolution of the Human Foot

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Nature News has an interesting examination of how the human foot evolved the arch, the singular most important aspect in the ability to per...
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Humans in Asia survived Toba super-eruption 74,000 years ago

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Chris Clarkson and company have produced a study arguing that the super volcano Toba eruption of 74,000 years ago did not lead to a populat...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

The Ghost of an Unknown Hominin

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Science Alert has a story about the Ghost of an Unknown Hominin in Africa.  Carly Cassella writes: The gene pool of modern West Africans c...
Thursday, February 06, 2020

BBC: How Did the Last Neanderthals Live

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The BBC has a post on some archaeological discoveries that have illuminated how the Neandertals lived.  Melissa Hogenboom writes: For the...
Thursday, January 09, 2020

EarthSky: Twenty years of discoveries changing story of human evolution

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EarthSky has an interesting article that summarizes twenty years of human evolution discoveries.  They write: Perspectives on our own spe...
Wednesday, January 08, 2020

New Spot for the Origins of Modern Humans: Botswana

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One thing is consistent in the study of the origins of modern humans: there isn't any.  What National Geographic calls a “controversial...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Todd Wood's Take on Danuvius

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Todd Wood is always interesting to read, even if I don't share his chronological leanings.  He has thoughts on the new Miocene ape from ...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Upright Ape?

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Multiple outlets are reporting on the discovery of a fossil ape that appears to have at least a partially facultatively bipedal stance.  Her...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Denisovans More Closely Related to Modern Humans than Neandertals

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Science Daily has a post relating recent research on the genetic studies involving the Denisovan material from Siberia.  The research, done...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

More Information About the Denisovans

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Discover Magazine has an article on new finds at Denisova and their context in early modern human evolution.  Bridget Alex writes : Nestle...
Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Space X Launch Fails After Rocket Bounces Off Firmament

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I think I worried my family last night by laughing so hard at this story that they thought I was going to herniate.  Those of you who follow...
Friday, August 02, 2019

Lutheran Church Tackles Creation Days

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Christian Post has an article on the recent Lutheran Synod resolution involving the “creation days.” Michael Gryboski writes: The Luther...
Sunday, July 28, 2019

New Poll From Gallup on Human Origins

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Gallup has released a new poll on what people think about human evolution .  Here is their takeaway blurb: Forty percent of U.S. adults a...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Chris Stringer: Meet the Relatives

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Chris Stringer has a post in the Financial Times titled Meet the Relatives .  It is sort of a whirlwind tour through the evolution of the ge...
Friday, July 26, 2019

Earliest Art Made By Humans?

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Artnet News has a post on a discovery in Henan Province, China that purports to be the oldest indications of consciously-created art.  From ...
Tuesday, July 09, 2019

DNA Proteins Revealing Information About Human Evolution

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Since the advent of population genetics and modern techniques to examine DNA, research has focused on, first, Mitochondrial DNA and then nuc...
Monday, July 08, 2019

Patterns in the Fossil Record

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Science Daily has a post on research about patterns in the fossil record that comes out of the Santa Fe Institute.  They write: Throughou...
Sunday, June 30, 2019

Neandertals Occupying Open-Air Site in Israel

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There is evidence of Neandertal occupation at an open-air site in northern Israel called Ein Qashish.  From the researchers: Whereas many ...
Saturday, June 29, 2019

The Ancient History of Neanderthals in Europe

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The Max Planck Society has a post in PhysOrg, a highly-regarded science site, on the history of Neandertals (they have used the old spellin...
Friday, June 28, 2019

Paul Braterman: Why Historical Sciences Are More Useful Than "Rule-Seeking" Sciences

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Paul Braterman has a post that comes in response to what can only be called a Usenet forum on young earth creationism.  His post outlines t...