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How Homo Floresiensis Was Discovered
Most folks generally care about the fossils themselves and not the background behind how these discoveries are made. But this one is quite the story.
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1 Brown et al. (2004) A New Small-Bodied Hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia
2 Morwood & Oosterzee (2007) A New Human: The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the ‘Hobbits’ of Flores.
3 fossilhistory.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/how-to-find-the-missing-link-according-to-dubois/
4 historiek-net.translate.goog/theo-verhoeven-floresmens-ontdekking/106285/?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
5 fossilhistory.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/following-father-verhoeven-to-flores/
6 Deakin (2012) M...
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The Evolution of Childbirth
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.2 года назад
Human childbirth seems unique in the animal kingdom, but is it? In this episode, I explain what we've learned about the evolution of childbirth. This episode was heavily based on Dr. Holly Dunsworth's work. She's also got a great blog, and you can find it here: ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-obstetric-dilemma-hypothesis.html Social Media: FB: TheHEAPyt Twitter: The...
The Many Mysteries of Homo Naledi
Просмотров 138 тыс.3 года назад
The relatively new discovery of Homo naledi provided us with a treasure trove of information, but the mysterious circumstances that surround this previously-unknown evolutionary cousin are still being worked on. Think you might have a scenario that explains the details of the case? Post it in the comments below. Social Media: FB: TheHEAPyt Twitter: TheHEAPyt References:...
When did People First Settle the Americas?
Просмотров 22 тыс.3 года назад
The peopling of the Americas is one of the longest-running professional arguments in the history of Archaeology. So when did people first settle the Americas? Social Media: FB: TheHEAPyt Twitter: TheHEAPyt References: 1 Waters and Stafford (2014) Ch31 in Paleoamerican Odyssey 2 Waters and Stafford (2007) Redefining the Age of Clovis: Implications for the Peopling of the...
Neandertals: The Basics
Просмотров 14 тыс.3 года назад
Neanderthals! Or wait, is it Neandertals? Everything you want to know in one easy video. Social Media: FB: TheHEAPyt Twitter: TheHEAPyt Citations: 1 Schmerling (1834) Research on the Fossil Specimens Discovered in the Caves of Liège 2 King (1864) The Reputed Fossil Man of the Neanderthal 3 Gómez-Olivencia et al. (2018) 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Kebara 2 Neanderta...
The Last Common Ancestor with Chimpanzees: Part Two
Просмотров 12 тыс.3 года назад
Part 2 explores our earliest potential ancestors to determine what sort of traits we might understand about our Last Common Ancestor. Social Media: FB: TheHEAPyt Twitter: TheHEAPyt CITATIONS: 1 - Senut et al. (2001) First hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya) 2 - Sawada et al. (2002) The Age of Orrorin tugenensis, an early hominid from the Tugen Hills, Ken...
The Last Common Ancestor with Chimpanzees: Part One
Просмотров 29 тыс.3 года назад
What do we know about our Last Common Ancestor with Chimpanzees? What gaps need filling? What traits evolved first in our lineage? CITATIONS: 1 - Wainright et al. (1993) Monophyletic Origins of the Metazoa: An Evolutionary Link with Fungi 2 - Willersley et al. (2004) Long-term Persistence of Bacterial DNA 3 - Leakey et al. (1995) New Four-Million-Year-Old Hominid Species from Kanapoi and Allia ...
Our Evolutionary Relationship with the Apes
Просмотров 6 тыс.3 года назад
How do we know that we're closely related to apes? Which species is our closest relative? How does this affect our understanding of our evolution? CITATIONS: 1 - Darwin (1859) On the Origin of Species 2 - Ursing and Arnason (1998) Analyses of mitochondrial genomes strongly support a hippopotamus-whale clade 3 - Cui et al. (2007) A complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the wild two-humped ca...