Quote: No ‘anatomically modern’ elephants
In the field of human evolution, every so often a scientist will note the absurdity of talking about “anatomically modern humans”. Biologists don’t talk abou...
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Quote: Louis Leakey on Homo habilis as non-intermediate
Louis Leakey, writing in Nature in 1966 as part of a defense of the Homo habilis definition:
Quote: Phillip Tobias on Sherwood Washburn
I have been reading through Phillip Tobias’ memoir, Into the Past, and ran across this passage about Sherwood Washburn. Washburn was a very influential figur...