metascience
A sad end for the Journal of Human Evolution
A joint statement announces the resignation of the entire editorial board, while disclosing for the first time the use of AI in article production.

Research highlight: Taking human origins research into the next decade
Notes on the recent history of paleoanthropology from my Distinguished Lecture for the General Anthropology Division of the American Anthropological Association

How will ancient proteins change paleoanthropology?
Paleoproteomic methods may provide exciting avenues toward understanding pieces of fossils and their relationships.

Can we build a science of human evolution that people can trust?
A revealing look at people's ideas about neglected questions in human evolution.

A paleoanthropological Thanksgiving
A holiday greeting with a special image of the family of fossil hominins.
How the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship is slowly turning into a dissertation grant
Most winners are already enrolled in graduate programs with well-defined research topics.
Public interests in data from federally funded research
A white paper in which I argue that the public should have access to the data resulting from federally funded research