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Dire wolves are just the beginning
The technologies used to create the multiple gene-edited puppies may show the potential for more familiar species, including humans.
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New clues about human cardiovascular evolution
Studies of the aorta and the heart anatomy of humans and living great apes show some important differences.
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The ancient Egyptian legacy of anatomical science
The early foundations of human anatomy were built from traditions of medicine, embalming, and animal sacrifice.
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Lucy's upcoming Prague visit brings memories of controversy
Scientists resisted the last U.S. tour of the famous fossil. I look into the reasons why some researchers still oppose public exhibit of human…
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More hominins raised from beneath the waves
Fossils from the Madura Strait of Indonesia remind us of the expansive sunken landscapes of our ancestors.
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Ghost populations in human origins
Genetic models are finding more and more unknown lineages. How real are they?
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The problem when all the fossils are male
Protein data shows that most known Denisovan teeth come from male individuals, hamstringing attempts to understand the variation of this group.
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What I told my students about the threats to evolutionary science
I was floored by the question, but it matters. With U.S. funding crashing, what will happen to the future of the field?
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Consilience, convergence, and consensus
A new editorial in Science questions the common understanding of “scientific consensus”, and I reflect on what makes science reliable.
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How do hominin fossils get their numbers?
Numbers for fossils, like AL 288-1, are nowhere near as iconic as names like “Lucy”, but have an important place in the study of paleoanthropology.
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How Homo naledi got into the Dinaledi Chamber
New research from Dirk van Rooyen gives the most detailed look ever at the entry path into the deepest parts of the Rising Star cave system.
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Flexed burials on the right: A sign of Neanderthal-modern exchange?
New work at a site of similar age to Skhūl and Qafzeh suggests cultural sharing among groups of different biological ancestry.
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