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Stefan F. Wirth @[email protected] · 2026-03-02 · 17:05 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/116131363356930077

Eyes, as light-sensing organs of the #lens #eye type, have #evolved independently multiple times in the animal kingdom. But what did a representative of the early #vertebrate lineage look like? According to G. Kafetzis et al. (2026), a worm-like #ancestor possessed #medianeyes bring #homologous to the modern #pinealgland of the #brain. Published in #CurrentBiology. #evolution

#Reference
G. Kafetzis et al. (2026),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.12.028

#lens #eye #evolved #vertebrate #ancestor #medianeyes

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2025-10-25 · 04:25 UTC

Fossil Footprints Reveal Two Species Of Human Ancestors Lived Side-By-Side, A Scientific First
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https://www.earth.com/news/hominin-footprints-show-two-extinct-species-of-early-humans-lived-side-by-side/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado5275 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.10.007 <-- shared paper
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[not my usual ‘general’ subject matter to post – but who amazing and impressive to find/recognise and then decipher this!]
#fieldwork #3Dvisualisation #spatialanalysis #anthropology #tracefossils #hominid #homoerectus #paranthropusboilei #africa #fossil #footprint #human #evolution #ancestor #dating #TurkanaBasin #kenya #africa #sediment #sedimentology #water #hydrology #LakeTurkana #shoreline #geology #soil #stratigraphy #palaeontology #paleontology #model #modeling #remotesensing

#fieldwork #3dvisualisation #spatialanalysis #anthropology #tracefossils #hominid

Dave Volek @[email protected] · 2025-03-23 · 11:34 UTC

"Finding Your Roots" is a PBS show where guests confront their ancestry.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tdginventor/p/what-is-your-legacy?r=1l13ws&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#genealogy #ancestor #descendant

#tiereddemocraticgovernance #genealogy #ancestor #descendant

Steve Dustcircle 🌹 @[email protected] · 2024-09-19 · 11:50 UTC

10 #Oldest #Human #Skeletons in the World

https://www.oldest.org/people/human-skeletons

While many #hominid or human #ancestor skeletons have been discovered that date back millions of years, the oldest modern human (#Homosapiens) skeletons are significantly more recent. Research suggests that Homo sapiens only appeared about 200,000 to 300,000 years ago. Some of the earliest #humanremains date back to this time, while the oldest nearly complete skeletons are only about 100,000 years old.