Hibernation in hominins from Atapuerca, Spain half a million years ago Antonis Bartsiokas & Juan Luis Arsuaga 2020 L'Anthropologie 124, 102797 doi org/10.1016/j.anthro.2020.102797 Both animal hibernat

The exploitation of crabs by Last Interglacial Iberian Neanderthals: the evidence from Gruta da Figueira Brava (Portugal) Mariana Nabais, Catherine Dupont & João Zilhão 2023 Front.Environ.Archaeol. Se

1} greenhouse effect > global Warming > erratic climate change is human induced phenomena, ergo, humans should be concerned, if not scared for future generations, to whatever degree, 2} 9/11 caused gl

Frontal sinuses and human evolution Antoine Balzeau cs 2022 Sci Adv. 2022 Oct; 8(42): eabp9767. doi 10.1126/sciadv.abp9767 Dear author, Thank you very much for this interesting article. Comparative ev

Human breasts (with support) In his paper, “Human breasts: Unsupported hypotheses reviewed,” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF03016112 Tim Caro notes that “humans are the only primates with

A late Miocene hominid partial pelvis from Hungary Carol V Ward, Ashley S Hammond, J Michael Plavcan & David R Begun 2019 J.hum.Evol.136,102645 doi org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102645 Substantial differe

Bipedal locomotion in zoo apes: Revisiting the hylobatian model for bipedal origins Kyle H Rosen, Caroline E Jones & Jeremy M DeSilva 2022 Evol.Hum.Sci. doi org/10.1017/ehs.2022.9 Bipedal locomotion i

:-) thanks, Jon, Algis & Mario!

Let’s apply our big brains to the global warming “problem” and see if we can crack it. Suppose we wanted to reduce CO2 to pre-industrial levels and reduce global temperatures to pre-industrial levels…

Dear professors Hatala, Gatesy & Flkingham, I just read with interest your article, beginning with "The longitudinal arch of the human foot is viewed as a pivotal adaptation for bipedal walking and ru

Virtual excavation and analysis of the early Neanderthal cranium from Altamura (Italy) Antonio Profico cs 2023 Communications Biology 6, 316 open access Complete Hn skeletons are almost unique finding

A slightly updated post from 2013, On the tips of the toes. Ballet dancers tend to be fussy and over critical about their feet. After all ballet dancing requires good looking, but also strong feet. Da

Corgis really DO have a bubble butt! Science explains why the lovable dog's fluffy rear floats on water https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/index.html Experts claim a corgi's butt is made of nearl

Bringing trees back into the human evolutionary story: recent evidence from extant great apes Rhianna C Drummond-Clarke 2023 Comm.Integr.Biol.16, 2193001 doi org/10.1080/19420889.2023.2193001 Hypothes

On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 05:21 PM, Gareth Morgan wrote: Thanks Christian. Since this is the AAT site, we should maybe do this elsewhere -- garethmorgan@live,com "The Swedish forest keeps going up"? Gro

I thought I'd better take another look at the Maximum Genetic Divergence theory... It does have the virtue of helping to demolish Kimura's ridiculous neutral theory, though both titles are equally mis

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chimps-outplay-humans-in-brain-games1/ "chimps played a near-ideal game, as their choices leaned closer to game theory equilibrium. Whereas, when humans play

AVA, (Attached some pix). Well the white kid to Nigerian parents phenomenon has happened a few times. Who would have guessed. Is this what you were talking about? That delivery room must have been awk

:-) Merci bien, P-F, très intéressant! --marc (As you know, IMO, Praeanthropus afarensis (e.g. Lucy) -> Pr.boisei were fossil relatives of Gorilla, who evolved in parallel with the S.African apiths: A

1987 already!! Why does it take so long?? Incredible! --marc Dear One and All Roede et al (1991) is a title anyone interested in the so-called "aquatic ape hypothesis" should have on their bookshelf.