#ancienthominins — Public Fediverse posts

'Our results suggest a variable but plant-based diet (largely C3) for these hominins. Therefore, we argue that Australopithecus at Sterkfontein did not engage in regular mammalian meat consumption.' https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq7315 #foodhistory #ancienthominins #foodarchaeology

3D muscle reconstruction shows 3.2 million-year-old “Lucy” walked upright - 3D reconstruction of lower limb muscles of Australopithecus afarensi... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1947108 #computationalmodeling #evolutionarybiology #paleoanthropology #ancienthominins #humanevolution #biomechanics #paleontology #lucyfossil #science #biology

Is the “Dragon Man” skull actually from a new hominin species? - Enlarge / The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right). (credit: Ni et al. ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1778075 #paleoanthropology #ancienthominins #extincthominins #humanevolution #anthropology #neanderthals #archaeology #denisovans #hominins #science #skulls

Sex with Neanderthals was common for early Eurasian Homo sapiens, DNA says - Enlarge (credit: Hajdinjak et al. 2020)
DNA from the earliest Homo sapiens in E... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1755625 #ancienthominins #humanevolution #humanmigration #paleogenomics #anthropology #neanderthals #archaeology #ancientdna #hominins #science

Not-so-hostile takeover: Human Y chromosome displaced the Neanderthals’ version - Comparison of Modern Human and Neanderthal skulls from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. (c... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1709244 #paleoanthropology #homininevolution #ancienthominins #humanevolution #paleogenomics #neanderthals #archaeology #ancientdna #denisovans #science

Humans reached Saudi Arabia at least 120,000 years ago - About 120,000 years ago, two or three people walked along the shore of a shallow lake in what... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1707697 #ancienthominins #humanmigration #archaeology #outofafrica #pleistocene #saudiarabia #footprints #hominins #science

This 1.4 million-year-old hand axe was chipped off a hippo femur - Enlarge (credit: By Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7448... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1691207 #homininevolution #paleoarchaeology #ancienthominins #hippopotamus #archaeology #homoerectus #paleolithic #stonetools #acheulean #ethiopia #hominins #science

Anthropologists describe the first skeleton of a Homo naledi child - The excavation was a mixture of spelunking expedition and paleontology field trip yet provided enou... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1666248 #paleoanthropology #homininevolution #ancienthominins #dinaledichamber #humanancestors #humanevolution #anthropology #homonaledi #hominins #science

Long after some hominins were bipedal, others stuck to the trees - Enlarge / The excavation site where the bones were found. (credit: Georgiou et al. 2020)
We alrea... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1664227 #paleoanthropology #australopithecus #homininevolution #ancienthominins #humanancestors #humanevolution #archaeology #hominins #science #femurs

Neanderthals may have been shallow free divers, suggests a new study - Enlarge / Because Mediterranean smooth clams live up to their name, their shells produce a cleaner ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1645611 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleolithiceurope #homininevolution #ancienthominins #neanderthals #archaeology #paleolithic #hominins #science

The last days of Homo erectus - Skulls from central Java may come from the last surviving population of Homo erectus, suggest... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1634575 #islandsoutheastasia #paleoanthropology #radiometricdating #homininevolution #ancienthominins #humanevolution #humanmigration #southeastasia #archaeology #homoerectus #denisovans #indonesia #hominins #science #java

Neanderthals were different because their genes were regulated differently - A modern human and Neanderthal skull face off. (credit: hairymuseummatt / DrMikeBaxter / via Wikime... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1581989 #ancienthominins #dnaregulation #neanderthals #science

Neanderthal glue was a bigger deal than we thought - This replica shows how Neanderthals might have used birch tar to haft a projectile point. (credit: ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1589395 #paleoarchaeology #ancienthominins #neanderthals #archaeology #stonetools #hominins #science

Long stretches of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA helped Homo sapiens adapt - Global map of Denisovan gene frequency in modern human genomes (credit: Image courtesy of Jacobsson... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1588587 #populationgenetics #ancienthominins #paleogenomics #neanderthals #humangenome #denisovans #science #dna