Linguists are tracing the origins and evolutions of languages. The evidence they use is independent of genetics, but the methodology is quite similar. As with the human genome, they are certain that

Human evolution in a special place is a model that scientists try to avoid. It’s like thinking that humans came from another planet. But all the evidence points to that. Humans have weaker muscle

As a geologist with much experience finding fossils, I am certain that Lucy is a hoax, analogous to Piltdown Man: Graduate student Tom Gray planted fake Lucy fossils, playing the role of Charles

To better understand what goes on behind the scenes in paleoanthropology, read about kayfabe on Wikipedia. Here I will point out some clear examples of kayfabe in this remarkable science. Happisburgh

Pro wrestling and paleoanthropology are designed and maintained for public consumption. They have rules and practices that ensure their continued existence and success. In 1989, due to a legal court

Youtube video April 11, 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRL0gi-8Ovk&ab Thank you [Algis] for this comment about Powerpoint. I reported it to say that I have age 92, and people my age don't

It's amazing that people managed to live in Alta a few thousand years ago. It's cold and dark in the winter: the sun sets on November 25, and doesn't rise again until January 17. Because of the Gulf

In science, the favored interpretation is the one that is the most simple, but still fits the evidence at hand. More complicated explanations are always possible, but are less acceptable. This

Evolved in western Africa with no fossils? Let us hope it is not true, but if it is, let us make sure it does not become widely known. -- Anthropogeny.net

An important paper for understanding the remarkable evolution of the human brain. (Somehow it has been overlooked by the folks at Anthropogeny.org ) Stephen C. Cunnane & Michael A. Crawford (2014)

A cave 140 km north of the Mediterranean Sea was occupied at different times by Neanderthals and Sapiens, about 50 000 years ago. I think it was probably only used during the warm summer months, by

There are hundreds of images on this rock-carved surface at the location Leirfall (also spelled Leirfald) an hour's drive from Trondheim. Everyone seems to think that the most common image depicts

The light blue coastal areas on this map, along the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea are just below present sea level, but were mostly exposed when the sea was low during the Stone Age.

We need a new adjective in science, especially in the science of paleoanthropology. Piltdownian: Remarkable evidence that cannot be tested by impartial experts, and where the possibility of hoax is

We know that rafting has been important in primate speciation. New World Monkeys originated from Old World Monkeys that must have rafted from Africa to South America. Lemurs must have originated from

We should reconsider the meaning of the Venus figurines, which have so far been a bit of a mystery. There are hundreds of them, many about 25,000 years old. Most are female figures, with lots of

There are lots of unanswered questions in the study of human origins ('anthropogeny'.) Many of these questions (such as What were the selection pressures that led to human language, culture,

I think it took marine humans a few million years to develop the first advanced language on Bioko . Then people came to mainland Africa, or directly to Eurasia, and easily developed new advanced

There are lots of Neanderthal skeletons, but almost nothing to show that people were actually living where the bones were found. It is as if some people had wandered out of their comfort zones, and

In addition to A00, the earliest Y-DNA haplogroup, which seems to have originated near Bioko about 340,000 years ago, D0 is another deep-rooting haplogroup. It is found in Nigeria, and is thought to