Charles Darwin
Research highlight: Looking at what Darwin knew about primate relationships
I provide a context for Darwin's ideas about human and primate relationships and update Descent of Man with today's knowledge.
![Notebook page from Darwin showing his proposal of primate phylogeny](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/02/darwin-1868-primate-phylogeny-manuscript-rotated.jpg)
Presentation on species concepts and the hominin fossil record
On a visit to Charles Darwin's home, I share some perspectives on how paleoanthropologists think about species.
![John Hawks seen talking in front of a wooded background with a sandy pathway](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/11/johnhawks-sandwalk-video-still.jpg)
Darwin witnessing the plagues of European colonization
He described the destruction of Indigenous peoples as the result of a “mysterious agency” but saw the evidence of infectious disease firsthand.
![The sailing ship H.M.S. Beagle with a small craft bearing dark-skinned people](/content/images/size/w1460/2022/01/hms-beagle-wikipedia.jpg)