Category: Human Origins
For Paleoanthropology, Dawn of Another Annus Horribilis
In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert.
Homo sapiens, or Pan sapiens?
A snarky proposal, among others aimed at deflating the idea of humankind’s exceptional place in nature, suggests that our species is really misnamed.
Adam and the Genome and Synteny
“Synteny refers to how well chromosomal sequences from different species align with one another.”
Adam and the Genome and Human-Ape Genetic Similarity
Perhaps, humans, gorillas, and orangutans were designed based upon a common blueprint.
An Uncommonly Clear Discussion of Human Origins
As Ann Gauger explains, there’s a gap of about a million years between when Australopithecines seem to depart from the fossil record and when modern humans unambiguously appear.