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Top discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2023 (johnhawks.net)
91 points by softwaredoug 88 days ago | past | 8 comments
The evolutionary mystery of the German cockroach (johnhawks.net)
96 points by softwaredoug 89 days ago | past | 18 comments
The "blooming, buzzing confusion" of William James (2010) (johnhawks.net)
7 points by Hooke 7 months ago | past | 1 comment
How many bathrooms have Neanderthals in the tile? (johnhawks.net)
543 points by Luc 9 months ago | past | 230 comments
A Visit to the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City (2023) (johnhawks.net)
75 points by Caiero on Jan 3, 2024 | past | 32 comments
All the hominins made tools (johnhawks.net)
148 points by anticorporate on Dec 3, 2023 | past | 39 comments
Discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2022 (johnhawks.net)
3 points by sigil on Dec 19, 2022 | past
The “Amazing” Boskops (2008) (johnhawks.net)
1 point by yamrzou on Nov 9, 2022 | past
How the lives of mothers matter to offspring survival in wild primates (johnhawks.net)
26 points by Petiver on Sept 10, 2021 | past | 3 comments
Brain-body allometry revisited across mammals (johnhawks.net)
50 points by Hooke on June 16, 2021 | past | 6 comments
Killing it: From handaxes to spears, no difference in hunting (2020) (johnhawks.net)
32 points by Petiver on March 22, 2021 | past | 14 comments
Neandertal Ancestors of African Populations (johnhawks.net)
2 points by diodorus on Dec 27, 2020 | past
Mice Became House Mice (johnhawks.net)
1 point by diodorus on Oct 12, 2020 | past
Looking for the vulture assist with Neolithic burials (johnhawks.net)
8 points by diodorus on Aug 31, 2020 | past | 1 comment
The changing height of Homo erectus (johnhawks.net)
11 points by Jaruzel on April 11, 2019 | past | 1 comment
Arguing about species: Is it evidence, or ego? (johnhawks.net)
24 points by Hooke on Aug 9, 2017 | past | 12 comments
Genomes of straight-tusked elephants (johnhawks.net)
8 points by Hooke on July 11, 2017 | past
Genomes of straight-tusked elephants (johnhawks.net)
1 point by Petiver on June 26, 2017 | past
Homo naledi was chipping its teeth amazingly often (johnhawks.net)
37 points by diodorus on June 12, 2017 | past | 9 comments
Features of the Grecian ape raise questions about early hominins (johnhawks.net)
40 points by diodorus on May 27, 2017 | past | 3 comments
Should we move to a system where every scientist gives grant money away? (johnhawks.net)
108 points by benbreen on April 16, 2017 | past | 46 comments
Mushroom-munching poplar-popping Neandertals (johnhawks.net)
33 points by diodorus on April 2, 2017 | past | 12 comments
New footprints from Laetoli and improving the science of fossil context (johnhawks.net)
9 points by diodorus on Jan 8, 2017 | past
Will virtual reality compete with museums or help them? (johnhawks.net)
14 points by prismatic on Oct 27, 2016 | past | 13 comments
Lichens did not grow on Homo naledi (johnhawks.net)
20 points by diodorus on Oct 9, 2016 | past
Some early uses of the term 'missing link' in anthropology (johnhawks.net)
9 points by diodorus on Aug 26, 2016 | past
Hominin Remains from Mata Menge, Flores (johnhawks.net)
2 points by diodorus on June 13, 2016 | past
Neandertal stone circles at Bruniquel Cave (johnhawks.net)
2 points by diodorus on June 4, 2016 | past
How 3D printing fossils will change the way we look at human evolution (2015) (johnhawks.net)
1 point by diodorus on May 28, 2016 | past
The developmental obstetrical dilemma (johnhawks.net)
2 points by diodorus on May 1, 2016 | past

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