Category Archives: Homo erectus
How Americans View Impact of the March for Science plus more news about ancient humanity: Homo naledi (cont’d) and the Hobbit
News about ancient humanity: Humans in California 130,000 years ago? Homo naledi find is much younger than expected
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inAll about the fossilized bones of (maybe) Homo naledi
SIX WOMEN UNEARTHED A NEW HUMAN SPECIES As you know, most fields of science, especially the ones best beloved by media, are dominated by white guys. Paleoanthropology, for example. Unless you are pretty familiar with human paleontology, Meave Leakey is … Continue reading
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SciAm Blog Network revamp plus List of 2014 “best of” lists, Part I
Big changes at the Scientific American Blog Network Revamping the Scientific American Blog Network is quite a big deal. As Knight Science Journalism Tracker Paul Raeburn reports, SciAm is eliminating about half the bloggers in the network and instituting a … Continue reading
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inArtistic Homo erectus, boozing began 10mya, gay genes, KSJ Tracker & HealthNewsReview
Homo erectus, the Jackson Pollock of her/his day? You may be tempted to regard that find of a shell from the Pacific island of Java–supposedly engraved by our ancestor Homo erectus half a million years ago–as a scientific blunder … Continue reading
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