A lot of excitement surrounds the ‘transitional’ hominins as these are the members of the hominin clade which appear to … More
Tag: Human evolution
Upright walking: a long-standing debate (pt. vi) – THE FOSSILS
Many people often view evolution as a smooth and gradual change from one form into another. For humans, that would … More
Upright walking: a long-standing debate (pt. vi) – THE FOSSILS
The archaic hominins Time has moved on a bit since last week, both in the real world and in the … More
Upright walking: a long-standing debate (pt. vi) – THE FOSSILS
You’ve been subjected to enough examples over the past few posts of how our anatomy differs from the extant apes, … More
Upright walking: a long-standing debate (pt. v)
This week it’s the turn of the shoulder to get the long-standing debate treatment. It may not be obvious how … More
Upright walking: a long-standing debate (pt. iv)
Spine-tingling. I’m there. This is the post you’ve been waiting for for weeks – what can the spine of primates … More
Upright walking: a long-standing debate (pt. iii)
Last time I promised you all a spine-tingling read for the next post. Unfortunately, this isn’t the post that I … More
Upright walking: a long-standing debate (pt. ii)
Following on from last week’s installment about the pelvis, I’m going to take a look at the adaptations of the … More
Upright walking: a long-standing debate
Quite a while ago, I wrote a monster double post on something called the Chimpanzee Referential Doctrine, over which a … More
Hominin Holidays
From the 1930s when Raymond Dart first found evidence of human ancestors in Africa, the vast, vast majority of artefacts … More