Tag: Homo naledi
Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall
I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons.
Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”
Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10.
Early Humans Were More Sophisticated than We Thought
Neanderthals were not just downing raw hunks of meat 70,000 years ago, as many of us have assumed.
The Human Fossil Record Lacks Intermediaries
The news media might be heavily biased toward evolution, but at least it is predictable.
Evolution Theater: Smithsonian Whitewashes Human Origins
The museum makes a big deal of Lucy. Their portrayal has many more bones than the original!