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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

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’ relatives climbed an erupting volcano 350,000 years ago - Enlarge / Local residents call the tracks Ciampate del Diavolo, or the Devil's Path.
Roccamonfi... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1651327 #ancientpeopledidstuff #homoheidelbergensis #homininevolution #neanderthals #footprints #ichnology #trackways #hominins #science #volcano

Archaeologists put stone tools through modern engineering tests - Enlarge / It turns out the robot uprising will be equipped with (checks notes) sharp chert flakes. ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1650689 #paleoanthropology #homininevolution #humanevolution #anthropology #olduvaigorge #archaeology #homoerectus #homohabilis #pleistocene #stonetools #hominins #science

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

Denisovan fossil finger points to the timing of Neanderthal evolution - Enlarge / The two fragments of Denisova 3's fingertip, reunited in digital form. (credit: Bennett e... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1561787 #paleoanthropology #homininevolution #humanancestors #humanevolution #anthropology #denisovacave #neanderthals #archaeology #paleolithic #denisovans #hominins #science