@ChrisStringer65

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Joined March 2013
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How Humans Really Evolved From Africa youtu.be/EeZpp4mxfNQ?is=HOIK… via @YouTube

Shocking New DNA Study: How Humans Really Evolved From Africa

Professor Chris Stringer is on the Ancients podcast to talk about r...

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Very useful review of Chinese palaeoanthropology by C. Bae..scholar.google.com/citations…

Discussion on the major topics in Chinese paleoanthropology

CJ Bae, YY Chen, Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2026

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Interhemispheric monsoon dynamics over the past 450,000 years (paywalled) nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Interhemispheric monsoon dynamics over the past 450,000 years

Nature - A 450 ka Andean speleothem record shows Southern and Northern Hemisphere monsoons generally vary out of phase, but occasionally synchronize during rapid climate change and glacial...

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Overlooked brown fat in our bodies linked to wide range of health benefits nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Overlooked brown fat in our bodies linked to wide range of health benefits

Nature - Massive study of more than 100,000 people finds surprising connection between ‘good’ body fat and improved mental health.

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#FossilFriday Distinctive shapes in side view.Top left to bottom left: Sangiran 17 H. erectus, Kabwe original, modern H. sapiens, La Ferrassie Neanderthal @NHM_Anthro
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If humans went extinct, this is what would happen to life on Earth, according to scientists. Climate change is causing a mass extinction that may eliminate our species. But if we disappear could Mother Nature eventually recover?discoverwildlife.com/animal-…

Scientists predict what would happen to the Earth if humans went extinct

Climate change is causing a mass extinction that may eliminate our species. But if we disappear could Mother Nature eventually recover?

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Human Evolution & Our Origins in Africa | My thoughts on the most recent preprint
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Non-adaptive evolutionary forces predominantly shape nucleotide composition near human transcription start sites journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…

Non-adaptive evolutionary forces predominantly shape nucleotide composition near human transcript...

Mutation rates vary across human genes, but how fine scale mutational patterns influence gene evolution is poorly understood. This study shows that hypermutation at transcription start sites,...

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Scientists discover a surprising secret behind the human brain’s wrinkles sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Scientists discover a surprising secret behind the human brain’s wrinkles

Scientists have discovered why common marmosets have unusually small, smooth brains despite starting development much like other primates. The secret lies in subtle changes to brain-building cells...

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Our Slow Development Is Key to Human Uniqueness psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

Our Slow Development Is Key to Human Uniqueness

A baby giraffe walks within an hour of birth, while human newborns can barely lift their heads. Neuroscience suggests that early helplessness is the secret to human brilliance.

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If these dinosaurs look a little odd, it’s because they were made before the Museum was open! 🦖 These are miniature models of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, which were created when very little was known about these beasts. Have you heard of them before?
A display case with two miniature dinosaur models inside.

ALT A display case with two miniature dinosaur models inside.

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Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution theconversation.com/unlockin…

Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution

Most of what we knew about early modern humans has been turned upside down in the past two decades – and many more questions remain.

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Harvesting knives in Neolithic East Asia sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Foraging in island rainforests during the Last Glacial Maximum: chronostratigraphic, zooarchaeological, and technological evidence from Biak Island, Indonesian Papua sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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New perspectives on the Howiesons Poort from the site of Kathu Pan 6, South Africa sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Huge mapping study reveals how your brain tracks what your body is feeling nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Huge mapping study reveals how your brain tracks what your body is feeling

Nature - Signals in the insula region, deep in the brain, can make people feel hot, tingly and nauseous.

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Palaeoproteomic investigation of archaeological sediments associated with ochre use in the Middle Stone Age of southern Africa royalsocietypublishing.org/r…

Palaeoproteomic investigation of archaeological sediments associated with ochre use in the Middle...

Abstract. The African Middle Stone Age (MSA) represents the cultural and technological context associated with the emergence of Homo sapiens and the develo

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Antelope collagen found in 60,000-year-old ochre offers clues to early human practices phys.org/news/2026-10-antelo…

Antelope collagen found in 60,000-year-old ochre offers clues to early human practices

In the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a research team from Kyushu University, Universitetet i Bergen and the University of Copenhagen reports that it found traces of ancient collagen...

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Rule breaking by just a few people can be contagious. With no consequences, people tended to mimic, or even surpass, deviant behavior sciencenews.org/article/rule…

Rule breaking by just a few people can be contagious

People are more likely to mimic — or even surpass — rule breakers than rule followers, a study finds. But real-world consequences may keep people in line.

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Horned dinosaurs’ weapons evolved to handle the forces of combat. 3-D skulls reveal biomechanics of ceratopsians’ headgear, giving new insight into combat methods sciencenews.org/article/horn…

Horned dinosaurs' weapons evolved to handle the forces of combat

New simulations reveal which battle moves the skulls of horned dinosaurs could take — and which might have been a very bad idea.

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What Earth's sixth mass extinction event means for humans. Human activity is driving plants & animals to extinction at an unprecedented rate. As countries meet in Armenia to discuss ways to reverse nature loss, DW reveals how declining biodiversity is already harming us p.dw.com/p/5OKVu?at_medium=S…

What Earth's sixth mass extinction event means for humans

Human activity is driving plants and animals to extinction at an unprecedented rate. As countries meet in Armenia to discuss ways to reverse nature loss, DW reveals how declining biodiversity is...

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