John Hawksさんのイラストまとめ

#Neanderthals were amazing people who lived more than 40,000 years ago. They survived three ice ages and ended up as ancestors of all of us. The first one uncovered was from Schmerling Caves, Belgium, in 1829, but it wasn't recognized for 100 years. #Neanderthalthinking

The Stw 573 fossil #hominin skeleton is in the news today, for an interesting high-resolution examination of the bone tissue of its jaw. The skull first came to light in 1998. #paleoanthropology

@ChrisStringer65 I mean, I guess I don't have the advantage of seeing the originals, but..

The Steinheim skull has been a puzzle in #paleoanthropology. Today, we know that genetic exchanges with Africa influenced early Neandertals, and #hominin fossils from Apidima, Greece close in age to Steinheim may reflect this mixing. Why not this one too? #FossilFriday

We still don't know why the Ngandong fossil bed has so many—12— #hominin partial skulls, with no teeth or other bones except two tibiae. Early suggestions like cannibalism don't fully fit the data, but something curious happened to these H. erectus individuals. #paleoanthropology

The late Middle Pleistocene skull from Kabwe, Zambia, was uncovered a century ago. Today its place in the #hominin family tree is still an open question. Its population retained ancient diversity, yet may have been connected to modern people. #paleoanthropology #FossilFriday

The first skull to emerge from Dmanisi was D2280, also the largest at the site. Although this site no longer presents the earliest evidence of H. erectus, it remains the earliest #hominin fossil assemblage in Eurasia. #paleoanthropology

The tall rami of the SK 23 #hominin mandible match the tall faces of other fossils attributed to its species, Paranthropus robustus. Isotopic evidence suggests it ate the same range of foods as the smaller-toothed members of our own genus, Homo. #paleoanthropology

On #DarwinDay, I want to recognize the Gibraltar 1 Neandertal skull. This year marks 150 since the publication of The Descent of Man, and this skull was the only skeletal evidence of an extinct human ancestor that Charles Darwin encountered. #paleoanthropology #FossilFriday

The "robust" #hominin lineage shows some differences between earlier and later P. boisei fossils from the East African Rift Valley. Omo 57-41 at 2.36 million years old is near the critical transition time. Maybe it's P. aethiopicus, or maybe not? #paleoanthropology