Tag: Homo naledi
Happy New Year! #1 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Footprints from Crete Deepen Origins Mystery
For the established scientific consensus on human evolution, 2017 was a genuine annus horribilis.
Fossil Footprints from Crete Deepen Controversy on Human Origins
It looks like 2017 could become some kind of genuine annus horribilis for the established scientific consensus on human evolution.
Latest Homo naledi Bones Are Younger than Expected
In 1982, paleontologists Niles Eldredge and Ian Tattersall noted that it is a “myth that the evolutionary histories of living beings are essentially a matter of discovery.”
Disappointment! Homo naledi Is Younger than Previously Thought
Some scientists hoped that H. naledi would prove to be the fossil to bridge an evolutionary gap.
#2 of Our Top Stories of 2015: Hominid Hype Over a Species of Unclear Evolutionary Importance
So far, Homo naledi reminds me of other hominin fossils whose “transitional” or “ancestral” status ultimately went belly up.