Category Archives: Paleoanthropology

The Neanderthal Inside Us

Posted on April 21, 2010 by

While I did not got to the AAPA meetings in New Mexico this past week, Nature has just posted a news brief online of some of the more recent findings on the genetic relationship between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals and … Continue reading →

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Ardipithecus has arrived.

Posted on October 2, 2009 by

After near fifteen years of waiting, the partial skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus is published this week in Science. “Ardi” is a 4.4 million year old hominin from the Aramis region of Ethiopia and is the oldest partial hominin skeleton discovered … Continue reading →

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Most complete fossil primate, Darwinius masillae

Posted on May 19, 2009 by

Here is a link to a recent publication describing the most complete known fossil primate specimen–Darwinius masillae–from PLoS One. The fossil dates to the early-middle Eocone (~41 million years ago). I would love to write more, however the article is … Continue reading →

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