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Radical Anthropology<p>The oldest human face from western <a href="https://c.im/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, a 1.4 MA old type of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homoerectus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homoerectus</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Atapuerca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atapuerca</span></a>, N Spain</p><p>'Excavations at Sima del Elefante paint a picture of lush meadows and woodlands more than 1.1m years ago with oaks, pines, juniper and hazel trees in abundance. Rivers cutting through the landscape drew water voles and mice, hippos, bison and deer. Quartz and flint tools have also been recovered alongside animal bones bearing cut marks from butchering.'</p><p>#<a href="https://c.im/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SimadelElefante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SimadelElefante</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/12/bone-fragments-of-oldest-known-human-face-in-western-europe-found-in-spain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/12/bone-fragments-of-oldest-known-human-face-in-western-europe-found-in-spain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>Worth running alongside this the 'provocative commentary on the diversity of hominin fossils of eastern Eurasia, attributing material now called Denisovans to Homo juluensis'</p><p>We will be getting Chris Stringer's take on the complicated <a href="https://c.im/tags/EastAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastAsia</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> situation on Nov 19 at RAG</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HumanEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanEvolution</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53918-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-53918-7</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>A Change in The Development of Our Ovaries Could Have Led to Bigger Brains<br><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/a-change-in-the-development-of-our-ovaries-could-have-led-to-bigger-brains" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/a-change-in-t</span><span class="invisible">he-development-of-our-ovaries-could-have-led-to-bigger-brains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ovaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ovaries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energycost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energycost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/follicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>follicles</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’ travertine kitchen tile<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/renovation-relic-man-finds-hominin-jawbone-in-parents-travertine-kitchen-tile/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">4/renovation-relic-man-finds-hominin-jawbone-in-parents-travertine-kitchen-tile/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleoanthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleoanthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travertine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travertine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InteriorDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InteriorDesign</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’ travertine kitchen tile - Enlarge / Reddit user Kidipadeli75 spotted a fossilized hominin jawbone... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2018331" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2018331</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/humanfossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanfossils</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Redefining Human History: Scientists Uncover Advanced 1.1 Million-Year-Old Tools in China<br><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/redefining-human-history-scientists-uncover-advanced-1-1-million-year-old-tools-in-china/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/redefining-hu</span><span class="invisible">man-history-scientists-uncover-advanced-1-1-million-year-old-tools-in-china/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EarlyPleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyPleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToolMaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToolMaking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cores</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Rethinking Human Ancestry: New Study Challenges Homo naledi Burial Claims<br><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/rethinking-human-ancestry-new-study-challenges-homo-naledi-burial-claims/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/rethinking-hu</span><span class="invisible">man-ancestry-new-study-challenges-homo-naledi-burial-claims/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palaeoanthroplogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeoanthroplogy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomoNaledi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomoNaledi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/burial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hominin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/caves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caves</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engravings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engravings</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Ancient Human Discovery: New Fossils Reveal a Mysterious Hominin Lineage From the Levant<br><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-human-discovery-new-fossils-reveal-a-mysterious-hominin-lineage-from-the-levant/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/ancient-human</span><span class="invisible">-discovery-new-fossils-reveal-a-mysterious-hominin-lineage-from-the-levant/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/levant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>levant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lineage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lineage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>Still just time to sign up for<br> 💀 Chris Stringer 💀<br>FREE, LIVE + ZOOM tonight! </p><p>Tues Nov 21, 6:30pm London time (GMT) we have our special autumn talk from Prof <a href="https://c.im/tags/ChrisStringer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisStringer</span></a></p><p>'Human Evolution: some recent discoveries and their implications'</p><p>Chris is one of the world's leading experts on <a href="https://c.im/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> fossils and the author of the Recent <a href="https://c.im/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> Origin theory of modern humans.</p><p> He's speaking LIVE @UCLAnthropology<br>And on ZOOM</p><p>Register on Eventbrite to receive Zoom links (sent Mon/Tues)<br><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-anthropology-talks-tickets-707087105567" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-ant</span><span class="invisible">hropology-talks-tickets-707087105567</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/humanevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanevolution</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homosapiens</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genomics</span></a> </p><p>Image is of the face of the Harbin cranium from China, with raised curvy browridges.</p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Were these stone balls made by ancient human relatives trying to perfect the sphere?<br>New 3D analysis suggests 1.4-million-year-old objects were intentionally made<br><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/were-these-stone-balls-made-ancient-human-relatives-trying-perfect-sphere" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/we</span><span class="invisible">re-these-stone-balls-made-ancient-human-relatives-trying-perfect-sphere</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/Stone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stone</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/Balls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Balls</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/sphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sphere</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/Ubeidiya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ubeidiya</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/HomoErectus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomoErectus</span></a></p>
Alexander Hay<p>Cool <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Postdoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postdoc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Job</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palaeoproteomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeoproteomics</span></a> at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UniversityOfCopenhagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfCopenhagen</span></a>! </p><p>"You will join our research group... aimed at developing new analytical approaches to unravel the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Phyloproteomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phyloproteomic</span></a> relationships between... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hominin</span></a> populations, including... our own species."</p><p>The role is for two years. Monthly salary is 4,870 EUR. Deadline for applications: 15 August 2023, 23.59pm CET</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediHire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediHire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vacancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vacancy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copenhagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copenhagen</span></a></p><p><a href="https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=159695" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige</span><span class="invisible">-stillinger/?show=159695</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Homo naledi were burying their dead at least 100,000 years before humans - Enlarge / Exploration team members Megan Berger and Rick Hunter navigat... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1944345" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1944345</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/risingstarcavesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risingstarcavesystem</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cradleofhumankind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cradleofhumankind</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/paleoanthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paleoanthropology</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/humanevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanevolution</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homonaledi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homonaledi</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a></p>
Mark Stoll<p>An interesting new discovery about some of our remote relatives. Who else was making tools?</p><p>Discovery of 3m-year-old stone tools sparks prehistoric whodunnit</p><p>Presence of teeth from extinct <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> challenges view that only members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Homo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homo</span></a> genus used complex <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/09/discovery-ancient-stone-tools-prehistoric-mystery-whodunnit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2023/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/09/discovery-ancient-stone-tools-prehistoric-mystery-whodunnit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Guardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guardian</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>Quick 🧵 on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sex</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> </p><p>Let's get down to brass tacks: SEX for MEAT. Got to be bad hasn't it? This <a href="https://c.im/tags/chimp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chimp</span></a> mother has got a piece, but she hustled for it, scrambling to the monkey-kill site to beg for her share, trading for sexual favours later.</p><p>A model of early <a href="https://c.im/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> economics with females chasing males to kill-sites, evolving round-the-clock <a href="https://c.im/tags/sexual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexual</span></a> availability, has been called the 'prostitution hypothesis'. Rob Foley and Paul Seabright, for example, see male control of such scarce resources leading to male <a href="https://c.im/tags/dominance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dominance</span></a>.</p>
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