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Tag Archives: hominin

The fossil foot, as it would have appeared in life (albeit without the skin and muscle)

New hominin that could walk and climb

March 29, 2012by Adam Benton 1 Comment

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 […]

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Anatomy, Evolution, Evolution of bipedalism, Human evolution, Science
What I just said. Kind of.

New Chinese hominin species? – Part 2

March 22, 2012by Adam Benton 1 Comment

<- 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 […]

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Archaeology, Evolution, Human evolution, Media, Prehistory, Science
Note how China isn't an island

New Chinese hominin species?: Dating

March 15, 2012by Adam Benton 6 Comments

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 […]

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Archaeology, Evolution, Human evolution, Media, Red deer people, Science
The most scientific poka-dots you ever did see

Evolving our success

January 25, 2012by Adam Benton 3 Comments

If you were asked what it was that makes Homo sapiens so successful, how might you respond? That it is our technology, which enables  us to conquer any environment? But […]

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Evolution, Human evolution, Prehistory, Primate, Science

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Adam Benton

Adam Benton

I'm studying evolutionary anthropology at the University of Liverpool. I'm currently in my third year of an undergraduate degree, hoping to progress onto a PhD someday. I'm too interested in human evolution for my own good, so decided to write a blog on it.

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