Human Origins

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/17/2023
  

  New Study Suggests Humans Evolved in Multiple Locations in Africa

  Analysis of the genomes of nearly 300 living people suggests that there were two geographically distinct populations of the first humans that existed separately for a million years before merging. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10/4/2022
  

  What Will Nobel Recognition Mean for Ancient Human DNA Studies?

  by Mary Prendergast

  An archaeologist sees the recogntion of paleogenomics as a vital tool to reinvigorate the field's access to knowledge about early humans, but warns that the science needs to be accompanied by ethical self-reflection to respect the remains of indigenous people and avoid giving credence to pseudoscientific racism. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  2/8/2022
  

  The Paradox of Sourness

  Of all the major taste categories, the relationship between human thriving and sensing sourness is the least understood. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/3/2022
  

  Richard Leakey, Finder of Fossils Key to Story of Human Origins, Dies at 77

  Leakey's discoveries were foundational both to the study of human origins and the model of scientific investigation. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  12/9/2021
  

  This Paleoanthropologist is Unraveling the Mystery of How Humans Started Eating Meat

  "Every time I got to pull a bone out of the ground it literally felt like reaching through time. I was touching a bone that hadn’t been touched for a million and a half years — it was magical" – Briana Pobiner.