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• When Did We Become Good at Running

  

  The story of human evolution is that of a tree-dwelling ape spending more time on the ground. This change in lifestyle presented us with new opportunities and... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Paying for Our Big Brains

  

  This post first appeared on The Advanced Apes earlier today As great as our big brains are they also have a significant downside: they’re expensive. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Could Neanderthals Throw #2

  

  Neanderthals were very similar to us; even being so close genetically that we were able to interbreed. But it’s their differences that are fascinating because... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Genes That Make You, You

  

  Some segments of the genome are crucial to survival and so any changes to these regions, even small ones, can prove fatal. These means that these sequences don’... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Why Did the Neanderthals Go Extinct?

  

  This post will be appearing on the Advanced Apes shortly. You get a peak ahead of time, because I love you The Neanderthals were our closest relatives who... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Social Brain Hypothesis and Crows

  

  The social brain hypothesis posits that one of the reasons large brains developed is to allow us to live well in large social groups. With a large brain we coul... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Islamic Hobbits – I Get Mail

  Once again I’m faced with a comment that I can only respond to with a shake of my head. Join me in this shaking! The hobbit peoples are real one still exist in... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Why Our Brains Are Big

  

  This post first appeared at The Advance Apes on 1/31/13 One of the most important traits we’ve developed over the course of human evolution is our... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Advanced Apes

  The Advanced Apes is a blogging and podcast network which brings together people who write about human evolution, primatology, environmentalism and other... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Evolution of Lie-Detection

  

  Lying has played an important role in the evolution of humanity. Being able to cheat others out of resources obviously confers advantages upon the deceiver,... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• I Get Mail – BOOBIES!

  Whilst I will confess to some name calling in the past, I’ve always tried to couple it with some kind of reasonable argument. Yet there are a few times people... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Cave Art: A Creationist Hoax

  

  In 1879 Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola was conducting an archaeological excavation of the entrance to Altamira Cave, Spain. He’d just returned from a French... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Did Australopithecus Make Stone Tools?

  

  The first stone tools manufactured by our ancestors were part of the Oldowan industry. This toolkit consists of small sharp flakes which could be used for a wid... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Tree Climbing and Human Evolution

  

  The modern human foot and ankle has lost many ape-like traits in favour of an anatomy useful for walking bipedally. For example, the grasping toes of apes have... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Who Was the Hobbits Ancestor?

  

  Homo floresiensis, also known as “the hobbit”, is probably the most famous hominin of the 21st century. Even my barber had heard of it. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #6:The Conclusion

  

  And so we arrive at the grand conclusion of Answers in Genesis response (parts 1, 2,3 4 5). It follows the standard creationist formula of “finish with a pat... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #5: The Hip

  

  This is the fifth article in my series responding to Answers in Genesis critique of my post claiming that their creation museum wrongly portrays the famous... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• EvoAnth Turns 1

  1 year ago today I started blogging with a little piece the infamous Darwinius masillae. Although the format is quite far removed from the classic EvoAnth... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #4: The Wrist

  

  Here were are, part 4 of my response to Answers in Genesis “rebuttal” of my post criticising their depiction of the famous Lucy specimen as a 4 legged knuckle... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Answers in Genesis v Evoanth #3: Lumbar Lordosis

  

  Piltdown superman has recently promoted Answers in Genesis’ 6,000 word diatribe against my post criticising their depiction of the famous Lucy specimen. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE