Another week, another bunch of cool discoveries about our ancestors. Here are the highlights. Remmeber, you can get these live by following me on twitter or facebook.
What makes humans unique? Only 28 changes separate the muscles of chimps and humans in the head, neck and limbs. Only 20 of these are major pic.twitter.com/lKLNMZ0iGk
- Adam Benton (@EvoAnth) May 22, 2017
The DNA did also suggest a younger age. Radiocarbon dating simply confirmed it https://t.co/NJlMV0XZ7M pic.twitter.com/ysl4svuepG
- Adam Benton (@EvoAnth) May 24, 2017
No word yet on whether these ancient ramblers stuck to the country code https://t.co/ull1jf0Yx8 pic.twitter.com/pQnVvU9jrP
- Adam Benton (@EvoAnth) May 25, 2017
This is the best Au. afarensis spine found. It has more thoracic vertebrae, like us & unlike apes. It keeps the body stable when walking pic.twitter.com/SbiJF2yP5o
- Adam Benton (@EvoAnth) May 31, 2017
Location of beads and other decorations on upper palaeolithic burials, hinting at clothes and jewelry styles. Bottom right had major bling. pic.twitter.com/RgsK6OvVnW
- Adam Benton (@EvoAnth) June 1, 2017
World-renowned paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey commissions new museum in Kenyan desert & it looks sweet https://t.co/tp7WbISrDr pic.twitter.com/tn0aAIvvhl
- Adam Benton (@EvoAnth) June 2, 2017
I wrote about how the new dates for Homo naledi might help our understanding of human evolution. The Christian Times has a counterpoint. pic.twitter.com/J295RmVQcz
- Adam Benton (@EvoAnth) June 2, 2017
