Sexual Dimorphism & Social Behavior of Paranthropus robustus
This week, we saw a short paper in Science on Paranthropus robustus sexual dimorphism and the implications the differences between sexes had on this early hominid social behavior. Here’s the title and...
View ArticlePinnacle Point Caves are threatened by runoff and no one is doing anything...
John Hawks blogged about a very real threat to the rich caves at Pinnacle Point near Mossel Bay, South Africa. See the run off from the Pinnacle Point Golf and Country Club is leaking into the caves...
View ArticleThe Role Of Climate On African Stone Age Technology
Nature Communications published an article in May, 2013 that just now caught my eye. The paper’s title, “Development of Middle Stone Age innovation linked to rapid climate change,” lays down a solid...
View ArticleNews on South Africa’s Hominins: Berger’s Rising Star Expedition
This November, a team funded by National Geographic and led by Lee Berger of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg made a huge find. 1200 hominin skeletal elements were recovered from a South...
View ArticleThe Role of Technology & Culture On Human Evolution
Blombos Cave, South Africa. Credit: University of Bergen. Blombos Cave is an important site discovered in the ’90’s. It is about 300 km east of Cape Town, South Africa and has yielded phenomenal Middle...
View ArticleThe Oldest Evidence of Cancer
In two papers published in the South African Journal of Science, researchers say they’ve found the oldest definitive evidence of malignancy in a hominid. A cancerous foot bone belonging to a 1.7...
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