Paige Madison
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Science writer, @WennerGrenOrg Hunt Postdoc Fellow. Writing a book on hobbits and human origins for @ScribnerBooks . Editor @EonsShow . PhD from @ASU .
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#OnThisDay
in 1861, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend "But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
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After years of putting some of Darwin's wisest quotes on cakes, this year I chose his most relatable. Let us never forget that Darwin was human. Masterpiece, no? 😂 Happy Darwin Day.
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#OnThisDay
in 1861, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend "But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
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Giving a lecture on bipedalism and my mind will never cease to be blown by this wild adaptation.
📽️
@calacademy
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Just your periodic reminder that this Neanderthal specimen in Italy that researchers are leaving underground out of fear excavating would cause damage is...unparalleled.
📸Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Archeology of Puglia
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"There is grandeur in this view of life—that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." Happy birthday to the one and only Charles Darwin.
#DarwinDay
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#OnThisDay
in 1861, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend "But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
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The evolution staircase
@MuseumMoesgaard
contains layers and layers. Looking on through viewfinders above reveals the unique environment of each hominin species. A peak at the habitat of Nariokotome Boy, on the shores of Lake Turkana 1.6 million years ago:
#fossils
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My favorite thing about this absolutely beautiful Neanderthal is that, when it was discovered deep in a cave in 1993, scientists decided to leave it there out of fear that removing it might cause damage. It's still there today. 📸Museo Archeologico di Altamura
#AltamuraMan
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Happy
#histsci
birthday to legendary archaeologist Dorothy Garrod, who led digs at Mount Carmel and Gibraltar, found epic Neanderthal fossils, and was Cambridge's first female professor. Born
#OnThisDay
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Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle began
#OnThisDay
in 1831. The five year trek around the world shaped his ideas about the natural world; he later said that the journey was "by far the most important event in my life."
#histSTM
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“Paleontology can satisfy the most enthusiastic lover of the marvelous.” -Gideon Mantell
@Le_Museum
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People often hesitate to call Homo floresiensis the 'Hobbit' in front of me -until I tell them that we constantly use the nickname at Liang Bua. In fact, we love it. And some of JRR Tolkien's passages are strikingly prophetic. 🧵Here's my favorite, buckle up :
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"Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity." -Stephen Jay Gould, born
#OnThisDay
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My favorite thing about this absolutely unreal Neanderthal discovery is that, when it was found deep in a cave in 1993, a decision was made to leave it there out of fear that removing it might cause damage. It's still there today. 📸Museo Archeologico di Altamura
#AltamuraMan
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"Our picture of hominin evolution in Asia during the Pleistocene just got even messier, more complicated and a whole lot more interesting." Meet Homo luzonensis:
#paleoanthropology
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Charles Darwin published his book Descent of Man
#OnThisDay
in 1871. On page 2 he wrote: "It has often been asserted that man’s origin can never be known, but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
#histsci
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Never forget that Charles Darwin once wrote to a friend about this photo, "If I really have as bad an expression as this photograph gives me, how I can have one single friend is surprising."
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It's difficult to share positive news at the moment but out of gratitude, I want to mention that I've been awarded a
@WennerGrenOrg
Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship. This will support me in writing my book on hobbits and human origins - and it means a lot. ✍️📚
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Never forget that Charles Darwin once wrote to a friend about this photograph, "If I really have as bad an expression as this photograph gives me, how I can have one single friend is surprising."
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Remembering and celebrating Charles Darwin
#OnThisDay
. He died today in 1882, at the age of 73. "There is grandeur in this view of life...from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
#histsci
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The Laetoli Footprints were found
#OnThisDay
in 1976. The amazing discovery occurred as a result of the team members hurling elephant dung at each other. It's possible that these 3.6 million-year-old trace fossils were left by Australopithecines.
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Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species was published
#OnThisDay
in 1859. “There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
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"There is grandeur in this view of life—that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." Happy birthday to the one and only Charles Darwin.
#DarwinDay
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"Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity." -Stephen Jay Gould, born
#OnThisDay
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The peer reviews for "Evidence for the deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi" have been posted.
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Paleoanthropology has lost an absolute giant, but Richard Leakey’s legacy will certainly live on. I’ll share some
#histsci
thoughts soon; for now it’s enough to say he will be tremendously missed.
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Remembering Charles Darwin
#OnThisDay
, as he died today in 1882. "There is grandeur in this view of life...from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
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"I am tired today, & no heart to write, & indeed not a word to say. I work a little every day with groans & sighs & am as dull as a pig.— It is hopeless & useless."
#DarwinOnThisDay
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Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle began
#OnThisDay
in 1831. The five-year trek around the world shaped his ideas about the natural world tremendously; he later said that the journey was "by far the most important event in my life."
#histSTM
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So I submitted my dissertation. Years spent thinking almost endlessly about these three specimens! It doesn't feel all that real.
#fossils
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Remember legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
#OnThisDay
. Wallace co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a trek that spanned over 14,000 miles and resulted in the collection of over 125,000 specimens.
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There's more to the Hobbit's story than you know. Never have I written anything as important to me as this. My latest paper out today - on history, Homo floresiensis, and the tug of war that left the bones broken:
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That face you make when you have no coherent words or soild pictures (other than the one snapped while the committee was deliberating) but now you're
#PhinisheD
! Maybe I'll have words tomorrow? I'm just so grateful.
#PhDone
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#OnThisDay
in 2003, Homo floresiensis was discovered. Here's the fascinating specimen, nicknamed the hobbit, still embedded in the cave floor.
📸Liang Bua Team
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Only a few minutes into watching this and I had to pause to come here and say this is spectacular. Huge congrats to everyone involved.
Check out Netflix’s new trailer Secrets of the Neanderthals, a documentary shot at the amazing Shanidar Cave in Kurdistan. Coming to a screen on May 2nd.
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The hobbit (Homo floresiensis) still in situ, six meters below the surface of the cave floor.
#FossilFriday
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Hahahahahaahahahahahahaha
*breaths*
Hahahahaahahahahahaha
*cries*
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"There is grandeur in this view of life—that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." Happy birthday to the one and only Charles Darwin.
#DarwinDay
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Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was born
#OnThisDay
. He co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8 year journey through Southeast Asia, a journey of over 14,000 miles, during which time he collected over 125,000 specimens.
#histsci
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The science of human origins has changed so much. Before 1960, only a handful of hominin were known, around five or six. Now, there are more than 25 recognized species. What would a researcher from 1958–or 1898–make of all this?
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#OnThisDay
in 1831, Charles Darwin received a letter stating he would soon be invited to join the H.M.S. Beagle as a naturalist for a two year survey of South America. He was 22 years old.
#histsci
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Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was born
#OnThisDay
. He co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a journey of over 14,000 miles, during which time he collected over 125,000 specimens.
#histsci
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This Neanderthal, known as the Old Man from La Chapelle, survived for many years despite having lost most of his teeth—suggesting that other Neanderthals probably helped care for him, grinding up his food. A lesson from the Old Man: take good care of one another.
#FossilFriday
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"Try to learn something about everything and everything about something." My favorite quote by Thomas Huxley, who died
#OnThisDay
in 1895.
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Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle began
#OnThisDay
in 1831. The five-year trek around the world shaped his ideas about the natural world. He later said that the journey was "by far the most important event in my life."
#histSTM
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Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle began
#OnThisDay
in 1831. The five year trek around the world shaped his ideas about the natural world; he later said the journey was "by far the most important event in my life."
#histSTM
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If only more street art could be human origins themed...
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The tiny hominin skull replicas I impulse purchased on etsy just arrived from Russia and they make me absurdly happy. Plant cuttings for scale.
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The Laetoli Footprints were found
#OnThisDay
in 1976! The amazing discovery occurred as a result of the team members hurling elephant dung at each other. It's possible that these 3.6 million-year-old trace fossils were left by Australopithecus
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Happy birthday to the one and only Charles Darwin. "There is grandeur in this view of life—that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
#DarwinDay
#OnThisDay
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#OnThisDay
in 1858, the theory of evolution through natural selection--crafted by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace--was read aloud at a meeting of the
@LinneanSociety
. It was the first time the theory was ever presented to an audience.
#histsci
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It drives me mad and I know it does you too, that one has no time for reading anything beyond what must be read: my room is encumbered with unread books.
#DarwinOnThisDay
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"I am coming to life again after having finished my accursed book, which would have been easy work to anyone else, but half killed me," Darwin wrote to his friend today about the Origin of Species.
#DarwinOnThisDay
15.10.1859
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"Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity." -Stephen Jay Gould, born
#OnThisDay
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After announcing the Taung Child in 1925, Dart wrote a full paper (250 pgs!) on the fossil & its place in human origins. It was never published. Until now. Maybe. My editor is asking if I have an audience to annotate it as a book—I'm curious, do I? Are folks interested?
#histsci
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The first skull fragments of the amazingly complete Nariokotome Boy were discovered
#OnThisDay
in 1984 on west side of Lake Turkana, found by the incredible fossil hunter Kamoya Kimeu.
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#OnThisDay
it was announced that "These gentlemen have, independently and unknown to one another, conceived the same very ingenious theory to account for the appearance and perpetuation of varieties and of specific forms on our planet."
#Evolution
#NaturalSelection
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Remembering and celebrating Charles Darwin
#OnThisDay
. He died today in 1882 at the age of 73. "There is grandeur in this view of life...from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
#histsci
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It was late in the afternoon
#OnThisDay
in 2003 when, in an excavation pit six meters below ground, a trowel struck bone. That bone was the skull of Homo floresiensis. It was a Tuesday. 📸 Liang Bua Team
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Laughing at how this skull was supposed to occupy a small portion of my dissertation. Fast-forward a few years and it had me living in Indonesia, learning the language, and writing a book proposal on its
#histsci
story. Sneaky little hobbitses.
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Should I do it, should I make another poorly decorated (but delicious) cake for Darwin Day this year?
#tradition
#throwback
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Congratulations to Nobel Prize winner Svante Pääbo. The insights into humans' evolutionary past that he and his team have uncovered in recent years are unparalleled. He's also an enthusiastic science communicator and, in my experience, wonderfully kind and generous with his time.
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"From so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." -Charles Darwin. Happy
#histsci
birthday to the guy who changed everything.
#DarwinDay
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Remember legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
#OnThisDay
. Wallace co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a trek that spanned over 14,000 miles and resulted in the collection of over 125,000 specimens.
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The incredible Laetoli footprints were discovered
#OnThisDay
in 1978! The incredible find happened after some of the team members hurled elephant dung at each other. It's possible that Australopithecus left these 3.6 million year old traces
#histsci
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Looking into the infamous image that incorrectly depicts human evolution as a march of progress. Published in 1965, it depicted "stages" on the "road to Homo sapiens." We usually see 6, but that's only because it was a foldout - 10 of the 16 were hidden when it was folded up.
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Alesi, a spectacular infant fossil ape from 13 million years ago. Sharing in remembrance of Isaiah Nengo, an incredible paleontologist who led the team that discovered this little one. 📸Fred Spoor
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"From so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." -Charles Darwin. Happy
#histsci
birthday to the man who changed everything.
#DarwinDay
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The science of human origins has changed so much. Before 1960, only a handful of hominin taxa were accepted, around 5 or 6. Now, there are more than 25 recognized species. What would a researcher from 1958 make of all this?
#histsci
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Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Maurice Taieb, geologist who explored the Afar region of Ethiopia and part of the team who discovered the infamous Lucy fossils. A bit about Taieb (pictured here, right) and his career: 📸Don Johanson
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"I am coming to life again after having finished my accursed book, which would have been easy work to anyone else, but half killed me," Darwin wrote to his friend Huxley
#OnThisDay
about the Origin of Species.15.10.1859
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#OnThisDay
in 1858, the theory of evolution through natural selection—crafted by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace—was read at a meeting of the
@LinneanSociety
. It was the first time the theory was ever presented to an audience.
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She's turning 50 this year, the marvelous Lucy (at least, in her second life as a fossil ancestor). Looking forward to joining
@HumanOriginsASU
for the celebrations. 📸Michael Hagelberg
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In case you're wondering what excavations looked like at the original Homo erectus dig site on Java almost exactly 113 years ago.
#Pithecanthropus
#histsci
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Remembering and celebrating Charles Darwin
#OnThisDay
, the day he died in 1882, at the age of 73. "There is grandeur in this view of life...from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
#histsci
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Very pleased to have just submitted an abstract with the opening line of “In September of 2003, a team of archaeologists discovered a hobbit.” How have I not done this before?
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I am tired today, & no heart to write, & indeed not a word to say. I work a little every day with groans & sighs & am as dull as a pig.— It is hopeless & useless.
#DarwinOnThisDay
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#OnThisDay
150 years ago, Charles Darwin published Descent of Man. "It has often been asserted that man’s origin can never be known," he wrote, "but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Required anniversary reading:
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#OnThisDay
in 1831, Charles Darwin received a letter stating he would soon be invited to join the H.M.S. Beagle as a naturalist for a two year survey of South America. He was 22 years old.
#histsci
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Some personal news: I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I'm headed to
@NHM_Denmark
next month for a postdoc on human evolution in the Anthropocene! Can't wait to join
@PCKjaergaard
and the team building a new museum—and embark on a new initiative with
@ProfMarkMaslin
!
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Remembering legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
#OnThisDay
. Wallace co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a trek that spanned over 14,000 miles and resulted in the collection of over 125,000 specimens.
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I hit send on the first complete draft of my PhD dissertation this week. Still revisions to come but wow, years of research across four continents wrapped up in one document. This has been a trip. (Yes, I did print out the title page to celebrate because I am a ridiculous human!)
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#OnThisDay
in 1831, Charles Darwin received a letter alerting him he had been recommended to join the H.M.S. Beagle for a two-year survey of South America, "a rare opportunity for a naturalist." He was 22 years old.
#histsci
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Originally, this skull was supposed to occupy just one-third of my dissertation. Fast-forward a few years and it has me living half-way around the world, speaking Indonesian, and submitting another multi-year grant to further explore its
#histsci
story. Sneaky little hobbitses.
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Remembering Raymond Dart
#OnThisDay
, the discoverer of the first Australopithecus fossil, the "The Man-Ape of South Africa," nicknamed the Taungs Baby.
#histsci
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#OnThisDay
in 2002, the face of the incredible, controversial fossil nicknamed Toumaï first appeared on the cover of
@nature
. The "new hominid from Chad" was named Sahelanthropus tchadensis. Toumaï means hope of life.
#fossils
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Remember the time we learned about a girl living in Siberia 90,000 years ago who had a Neanderthal for a mom and a Denisovan for a dad? I still can't believe it.
#paleoanthropology
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I recieved a Fulbright scholarship! I will spend 2018-2019 in Indonesia, researching the epic tale of Homo floresiensis--and Indonesia's role in paleoanthropology's history! Saya bersyukur.
#chasinghobbits
#fossils
#history
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Charles Darwin's voyage on the Beagle began
#OnThisDay
in 1831. The five year trek around the world shaped his ideas about the natural world; he later said that the journey was "by far the most important event in my life."
#histSTM
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Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was born
#OnThisDay
. He co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a journey of over 14,000 miles, during which he collected over 125,000 specimens.
#histsci
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Charles Darwin published his book Descent of Man
#OnThisDay
in 1871. He opened with: "It has often been asserted that man’s origin can never be known, but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge."
#histsci
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"Try to learn something about everything and everything about something." -Thomas Huxley, born
#OnThisDay
in 1825.
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Charles Lyell, one of the first scientists to realize that humans had a deep past, was born
#OnThisDay
. He studied some of the first-recognized fossil humans, including the original Neanderthal, which he once licked to determine if it was fossilized.
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"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything," Charles Darwin wrote to his friend Lyell
#OnThisDay
in 1861.
#DarwinOnThisDay
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