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The fossil hominins from Zhoukoudian, China, are among the best known Homo erectus samples. Approximately the same age as fossils from Spain attributed to H. antecessor, the connection between these populations is currently unknown.

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2021-02-01

The Krapina 58 mandible has a rotated left premolar, a trait found in a curiously high fraction of this large Neandertal sample. It may reflect the genetics of this local population

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2021-01-31

Paranthropus boisei is one of the best-known fossil species. Part of a branch that existed for more than 1.5 million years, adults could generate incredible bite force--shown by the huge area for the temporalis muscle.

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2021-01-30

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fun fact of the day because i drew this during anthropology class is that ethnographic fieldwork (an extended encounter with a group or community with the intention of learning/documenting their "culture") is sometimes referred to as "deep hanging out" https://t.co/zf5OK4BDXf

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2021-01-29

Ralph von Koenigswald took pains to hide fossil remains during World War II, but the Japanese occupation army selected Ngandong 10 "as a birthday present for the Japanese emperor and kept in the Imperial palace of Kyoto" (as recounted by Teuku Jacob)

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2021-01-28

Few fossil samples preserve evidence of the postcranial skeleton in abundance, but Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber is one of them. These fossils are only around 250,000 years old, but the scapula resembles some of the earliest known hominins.

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2021-01-25

One of the branches of the tree can be traced today as far as 4.1 million years ago, at Kanapoi, Kenya. Here, the track becomes unclear. What was the origin of the Australopithecus line, and how does it connect to fossils like Ardipithecus?

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2021-01-24

For more than 100 years, the remains of a Neandertal child lay unrecognized in Belgium after being unearthed in 1829. Much of the child's context was lost in excavation, but today Engis 2 is crucial evidence about growth and development in

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2021-01-22

When I turned to I knew that teeth made up a disproportionate amount of the record, but I couldn't imagine I would ever be very interested. What fascinates me now are the clues they give about an individual life course.

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2021-01-19

Paranthropus aethiopicus is one of the fossil species that may be a "nomen dubium". The holotype specimen is Omo 18-18, a jaw that lacks any tooth crowns. What remains isn't distinct from large samples of P. boisei or P. robustus.

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2021-01-19

Quite a lot of evidence now suggests ancient people usually classified as "modern" humans were in China before 68,000 years ago. None are as telling as the Liujiang individual, which shows anatomical similarities with more recent people of the area.

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2021-01-18

The perils of understanding extinct populations with morphology are front and center with the Arago sample. Were they early Neandertals, or something else? My guess is a mosaic of drift in ancient Eurasian populations.

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2021-01-17

Some parts of the skeleton are very rare in the fossil record. The hand remains of Homo naledi, including this articulated specimen, tell us much about the tool-using potential of this species, while suggesting it was a great climber.

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2021-01-16

Hello, I am Wenpei. A Chinese illustrator, animator, and writer based in NY. I write a non-fiction story and make my second animation now. I'm interested in anthropology. Many of my ideas are from it. Hope to use my hands to tell interesting stories!

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2021-01-13

Some fossil skulls have an important place in understanding the variation of extinct species. Stw 505 is a large Australopithecus africanus skull, helping to show that big individuals had brains that overlapped in size with the larger-brained Homo.

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2021-01-13

Students of evolution quickly pick up the differences between big-toothed Paranthropus boisei and our genus, Homo. Yet there are still anatomical overlaps between these lineages that make some of the fossils from Koobi Fora challenging to interpret.

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2021-01-12