Many more words are extinct than those we get to read

I'm starting a new human evolution book project. Technically I've already started it but I've got the greenlight from my agent s...

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Please send me your Intro BioAnth (PhysAnth, Human Origins/Evolution) syllabus

Dear colleagues, I'm in the early stages of planning a study to determine the most effective approaches to teaching Introductory Biologi...

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Can you throw with half a brain?

Homo erectus had half the brains that we have. This guy's got even less. ( source ) This being at least my third post about the evoluti...

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Human evolution, locally.

Our university's PIO (public information officer) knows I care about and get a kick out of outreach so he sets me up with folks who are ...

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Open access, peer-reviewed Human Evolution resources

Updated with new content: October 30, 2013 I'm pleased announce a new open access, peer-reviewed resource for students and educators in...

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Australopithecus erotimanis, and the evolution of the human hand

WARNING:  The following post contains adult content! F rom the very beginning of formal taxonomy in biology, genus and species names have be...

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A Prehistory of Throwing Things

A long post in honor of Major League Baseball’s upcoming World Series… Music, language, and calculus have always kept us atop the animal kin...

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