New hominin that could walk and climb
The human family tree is surprisingly bushy. Only a few thousand years ago we had Homo sapiens, H. neanderthalensis, H. floresiensis and the Denisovans all living side by side. And […]
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Why we became bipedal
Oh bipedalism, where would we be without you? A lot closer to the ground, that’s for sure; and probably far from the civilisation we find ourselves in. After all, it […]
Paranthropus: The gorrila man – Friday Factoid #2
Most people are aware that there was once more than one species of hominin. That our lineage had cousins who lived alongside us for most of our prehistory. However, few […]
New Chinese hominin species? – Part 2
<- Part 1 came before As many of you are likely aware by this point, some interesting remains have recently been discovered in China. These have been purported to contain […]
Let’s twist again: Human and chimp hips compared
Chimps and humans have differently structured hips. Whilst still very similar, a chimp hip is significantly flatter and higher than the human pelvis. A variety of evolutionary pressures have prompted […]
New Chinese hominin species?: Dating
When an evolutionary gaze was first cast upon humanity it was believed that we had evolved in Asia due to our many similarities with orang-utans. As such most early attempts […]
“Christmas parties” of the Upper Palaeolithic
I’ve previously discussed how one of the lesser known reasons forHomo sapienssuccess, particularly at higher latitudes, is our ability to divide a large group into several smaller groups to more […]
EvoAnth AGM
Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome the semi-random EvoAnth AGM. If everyone is sitting comfortably lets get to the first order of business. 1. Due to a recent shift in my […]
A brief (pre)history of art: Part 1
The facts of this post are currently disputed An appreciation of aesthetics seems to be an old trait in hominins. Ironically perhaps it seems to be older than the production […]
We’re taking over the internet
Imagine a blog. Imagine one written by somebody with great introspective power, who frequently encountered revelations about themselves and the world. Imagine they had had many adventures across the globe, […]
