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Reappraising the palaeobiology of Australopithecus, Zeresenay Alemseged, Nature May 2023
3.2 million-year-old human ancestor ‘Lucy’ had massive leg muscles to stand up straight and climb trees, Live Science, June 14, 2023

Featured Human Origins in the News

Extreme cold may have nearly wiped out human ancestors 900,000 years ago Science News 08.31.2023
Humanity’s ancestors nearly died out, genetic study suggests New York Times 08.31.2023 (subscription may be required)
Oldest genetic data from a human relative found in 2-million-year-old teeth: Ancient protein sequences identify the sex of Paranthropus robustus fossils and hint at evolutionary relationships Nature 07.10.2023
Oldest known Neanderthal engravings were sealed in a cave for 57,000 years, Smithsonian, 06.21.2023

Ancient Origins

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1,500-Year-Old Iron Age Weapons Found Below Chieftain’s House in Denmark
Source: Ancient Origins Published on 2024-12-07
Study Suggests Barbarians Used Stimulants When Fighting the Roman Empire
Source: Ancient Origins Published on 2024-12-07
Homer’s Odyssey Meets Cinema Magic: Ralph Fiennes & Juliet Binoche in The Return!
Source: Ancient Origins Published on 2024-12-07
Exceptional Neolithic Archery Finds Reveal Sophistication of Early Iberian Societies
Source: Ancient Origins Published on 2024-12-07
Notre-Dame’s Bells Have Been Blessed as the Cathedral Reopens
Source: Ancient Origins Published on 2024-12-06

Anthropology

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Earliest evidence of sedentism in the Antilles: Multiple isotope data from Canímar Abajo, Cuba
Source: Anthropology Published on 2024-12-23
Family relations of Moche elite burials on the North Coast of Peru (~500 CE): Analyses of the Señora de Cao and relatives
Source: Anthropology Published on 2024-12-23
Little evidence that nonmonogamous family structures are detrimental to children’s well-being in Mpimbwe, Tanzania
Source: Anthropology Published on 2024-12-20
Early human collective practices and symbolism in the Early Upper Paleolithic of Southwest Asia
Source: Anthropology Published on 2024-12-09
Identification of 10,000-year-old rice beer at Shangshan in the Lower Yangzi River valley of China
Source: Anthropology Published on 2024-12-09

The Conversation

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Interactive: What Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year
Source: The Conversation Published on 2024-12-22
Twins were the norm for our ancient primate ancestors − one baby at a time had evolutionary advantages
Source: The Conversation Published on 2024-12-16
Ferns’ ability to evolve ‘backward’ offers insights into the meandering path of evolution
Source: The Conversation Published on 2024-12-13
Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve
Source: The Conversation Published on 2024-12-06
Corals can adapt to warming oceans, but not fast enough – new research
Source: The Conversation Published on 2024-11-29

Eurekalert Archaeology

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Bronze Age cemetery reveals history of a high-status woman and her twins
Source: Eurekalert Archaeology Published on 2021-07-27
Exploring blood types of Neanderthal and Denisovan individuals
Source: Eurekalert Archaeology Published on 2021-07-27
Thomas Cromwell's Tudor London mansion revealed in unprecedented detail
Source: Eurekalert Archaeology Published on 2021-07-26
Research 'final nail in the coffin' of Paranthropus as hard object feeders
Source: Eurekalert Archaeology Published on 2021-07-22
Archaeology: Roman road discovered in the Venice lagoon
Source: Eurekalert Archaeology Published on 2021-07-21

Evolution and Genomics

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Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics open for applications
Source: Evolution and Genomics Published on 2024-07-19
Paper out about the Workshop on Population and Speciation Genomics
Source: Evolution and Genomics Published on 2023-02-10
Applications closed for the 2022 Workshops
Source: Evolution and Genomics Published on 2022-05-01
Now accepting applications for the 2022 Workshops
Source: Evolution and Genomics Published on 2022-02-14
Pre-Planning Underway for the 2020 Workshops in Cesky Krumlov
Source: Evolution and Genomics Published on 2019-04-19

Evolution News

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No. 3 Story of 2024: Richard Dawkins the New Cultural Christian
Source: Evolution News Published on 2024-12-30
No. 4 Story of 2024: Darwin’s Abominable Mystery Corroborated Again
Source: Evolution News Published on 2024-12-29
No. 5 Story of 2024: New Evidence Against Dino-Bird Ancestry
Source: Evolution News Published on 2024-12-28
No. 6 Story of 2024: Devastating Critique of Origin-of-Life Research
Source: Evolution News Published on 2024-12-27
Fossil Friday: A Fossil That Kept Scientists Guessing
Source: Evolution News Published on 2024-12-27

The Evolution and Medicine Review

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Tibeten women with higher O2 have more children
Source: The Evolution and Medicine Review Published on 2024-11-26
November 20-22 in Barcelona: SYMPOSIUM OF THE EVOLUTIONARY MEDICAL GENOMICS PROGRAM
Source: The Evolution and Medicine Review Published on 2024-07-29
Postdoc position at Baylor
Source: The Evolution and Medicine Review Published on 2024-07-05
TriCEM is looking for an Assistant Director
Source: The Evolution and Medicine Review Published on 2024-07-05
Evolutionary Psychiatry: Two upcoming events
Source: The Evolution and Medicine Review Published on 2024-06-12

The Guardian

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‘We need dramatic social and technological changes’: is societal collapse inevitable?
Source: The Guardian Published on 2024-12-28
Hubris by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe review – learning from the Neanderthals
Source: The Guardian Published on 2024-12-27
'World's best-preserved mammoth' found in Siberia – video
Source: The Guardian Published on 2024-12-23
Baby mammoth in Russia is the ‘best-preserved’ ever found
Source: The Guardian Published on 2024-12-23
Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis
Source: The Guardian Published on 2024-12-18

The Leakey Foundation

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Extremes of Human Evolution
Source: The Leakey Foundation Published on 2024-12-13
Lucy
Source: The Leakey Foundation Published on 2024-11-26
Orangutan Anomalies ft. Cheryl Knott
Source: The Leakey Foundation Published on 2024-11-19
Unraveling Miocene Primate Ecosystems One Leaf at a Time ft. Venanzio Munyaka
Source: The Leakey Foundation Published on 2024-10-10
Ape Medicine
Source: The Leakey Foundation Published on 2024-10-08

Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community

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Catal Talks: Prof. Jinsong Hu, Editor-in-Chief
Source: Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community Published on 2024-12-30
Unveiling the Synergistic Impact of the North Atlantic Jet Stream and the Eurasian Jet Stream on the 2022 Record-Breaking Heat in Western Europe
Source: Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community Published on 2024-12-29
Spontaneous liposome formation without high pressure homogenization
Source: Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community Published on 2024-12-29
Intrapartum Ultrasound Video Analysis
Source: Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community Published on 2024-12-29
Research Output 2024: Advancing Antimicrobial Stewardship and Combating Resistance
Source: Nature Portfolio Ecology & Evolution Community Published on 2024-12-29

Nature.com

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Life = matter + information. Or does it?
Source: Nature.com Published on 2019-05-09
Top 20 books: discovering worlds
Source: Nature.com Published on 2017-12-18
Probing a new algae species for clues into plant adaptation
Source: Nature.com Published on 2017-09-12
The origins of cats
Source: Nature.com Published on 2017-07-05
The last dinosaur on Earth?
Source: Nature.com Published on 2017-04-24

New Scientist

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Ancient checked dress may be Europe's oldest two-colour garment
Source: New Scientist Published on 2024-12-30
Engaging new podcast asks what the big things are that make us human
Source: New Scientist Published on 2024-12-20
Stonehenge may have been built to unify people of ancient Britain
Source: New Scientist Published on 2024-12-19
Ancient hominin Lucy was a lousy runner, simulations show
Source: New Scientist Published on 2024-12-18
Butchered bones tell of shocking massacre in prehistoric Britain
Source: New Scientist Published on 2024-12-15

The New York Times

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This Brazilian Velvet Ant Is So Dark That It’s Super-Black
Source: The New York Times Published on 2024-12-17
La propagación explosiva de los pepinillos del diablo
Source: The New York Times Published on 2024-11-26
Squirting Cucumbers Shoot Their Seeds Like Botanical Bombardiers
Source: The New York Times Published on 2024-11-25
The Early Bird Got the Cicada, Then an Evolutionary Air War Started
Source: The New York Times Published on 2024-10-25
This Fish Evolved Legs That It Uses to Taste Stuff on the Seafloor
Source: The New York Times Published on 2024-09-26

NPR Science Friday

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Covid Update, Brain Fog Research, Toilet to Tap. Aug 18, 2023, Part 1
Source: NPR Science Friday Published on 2023-08-18
Pod Pregnancy Movie, Increase In Deep-Sea Mining, Upcoming Astronomical Delights. August 11, 2023, Part 2
Source: NPR Science Friday Published on 2023-08-11
Hawai’i Wildfires, Blue-Fin Tuna Science, Maine’s New Lithium Deposit. August 11, 2023, Part 1
Source: NPR Science Friday Published on 2023-08-11
Answering Evolution Questions, Planetary Protection. Aug 4, 2023, Part 2
Source: NPR Science Friday Published on 2023-08-04
Artificial Sweetener Safety, Nuclear Weapons Tech. Aug 4, 2023, Part 1
Source: NPR Science Friday Published on 2023-08-04

Phys.org

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Convergent evolution: stick and leaf insects share 20 body features
Source: Phys.org Published on 2024-12-27
Rare fossil embryos show early Ecdysozoa development in Cambrian era
Source: Phys.org Published on 2024-12-24
Fly vs. wasp: Stealing a defense move helps thwart a predator
Source: Phys.org Published on 2024-12-24
New study documents evolution of fast-growing, fish-eating herring in Baltic Sea
Source: Phys.org Published on 2024-12-23
The genomic journey of modern and archaic humans may be older than we thought
Source: Phys.org Published on 2024-12-21

PNAS.org

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Divergence time and environmental similarity predict the strength of morphological convergence in stick and leaf insects
Source: PNAS.org Published on 2024-12-23
Repeated global adaptation across plant species
Source: PNAS.org Published on 2024-12-20
Metapopulation heterogeneities in host mobility, productivity, and immunocompetency always increase virulence and infectiousness
Source: PNAS.org Published on 2024-12-19
Reply to da Silva: Helping behavior can emerge without its prior adaptive evolution
Source: PNAS.org Published on 2024-12-18
Proteomic analysis of the sponge Aggregation Factor implicates an ancient toolkit for allorecognition and adhesion in animals
Source: PNAS.org Published on 2024-12-18

Sapiens

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Science.org Podcast

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Top online stories of the year, and revisiting digging donkeys and baby minds
Source: Science.org Podcast Published on 2024-12-19
Science’s Breakthrough of the Year, and psychedelic drugs, climate, and fusion technology updates
Source: Science.org Podcast Published on 2024-12-12
Making Latin American science visible, and advances in cooling tech
Source: Science.org Podcast Published on 2024-12-05
Leaf-based computer chips, and evidence that two early human ancestors coexisted
Source: Science.org Podcast Published on 2024-11-28
Testing whales’ hearing, and mapping clusters of extreme longevity
Source: Science.org Podcast Published on 2024-11-21

Science.org Daily Headlines

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Science editors pick their most memorable stories of the year
Source: Science.org Daily Headlines Published on 2024-12-27
NIH launches initiative to double check biomedical studies
Source: Science.org Daily Headlines Published on 2024-12-26
Perfecting academic writing, facing fraud: Science’s top personal essays of this year
Source: Science.org Daily Headlines Published on 2024-12-26
Trump names OSTP director as part of White House tech team
Source: Science.org Daily Headlines Published on 2024-12-23
After years of war, can Syria rebuild its ‘miserable’ scientific community?
Source: Science.org Daily Headlines Published on 2024-12-22

Science.org Advances

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Nearfield observation of spin-orbit interactions at nanoscale using photoinduced force microscopy
Source: Science.org Advances Published on 2024-12-20
Erratum for the Research Article: “Pretargeted delivery of PI3K/mTOR small-molecule inhibitor–loaded nanoparticles for treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma” by K. M. Au et al.
Source: Science.org Advances Published on 2024-12-20
Erratum for the Research Article: “Trispecific natural killer cell nanoengagers for targeted chemoimmunotherapy” by K. M. Au et al.
Source: Science.org Advances Published on 2024-12-20
Tracking of spaceflight-induced bone remodeling reveals a limited time frame for recovery of resorption sites in humans
Source: Science.org Advances Published on 2024-12-20
Extreme longevity may be the rule not the exception in Balaenid whales
Source: Science.org Advances Published on 2024-12-20

ScienceDaily

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Chart of life extended by nearly 1.5 billion years
Source: ScienceDaily Published on 2024-12-19
Study sheds light on the origin of the genetic code
Source: ScienceDaily Published on 2024-12-12
Oldest modern human genomes sequenced
Source: ScienceDaily Published on 2024-12-12
Unique motor control system of anglerfish's specialized 'fishing rod' discovered
Source: ScienceDaily Published on 2024-12-12
New research unlocks jaw-dropping evolution of lizards and snakes
Source: ScienceDaily Published on 2024-12-11

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