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Human Origins, Hominin Fossils, Biological Anthropology #Evolution #Fossils #HumanEvolution #Science

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First ever preserved adult cave bear unearthed - "'Today this is the first and only find of its kind - a whole bear carcass with soft tissues. " Preliminary analysis suggests the bear to be between 22,000 and 39,500 years old.
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Wonderful Neanderthal character studies by artist Tom Björklund
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Scientists have used carbon dating to identify the oldest known musical instruments. The flutes made of bird bones and mammoth ivory come from a cave in southern Germany and are between 42,000 and 43,000 years old. @tommyhigham
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The Evolution of the English Alphabet, by @usefulcharts
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Reconstruction of a Homo erectus from 1.6 million years ago at @Neandertal1 (AMartin Meissner/AP)
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Evolution of the Alphabet @usefulcharts
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Wonderful Neanderthal character studies by artist Tom Björklund
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Sorry, vegans: Eating meat and cooking food is how humans got their big brains
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Double Burial near Nazareth, Israel. Early Homo sapiens adult female (Qafzeh 9) and child (Qafzeh 10) ~100,000 yrs old
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Paranthropus robustus juvenile cranium (SK-54) - 2 puncture wounds indicate prey of leopard 1.5 million years ago - Swartkrans, South Africa (Illustration by Jay H. Matternes, National Geographic, NOV 1985)
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Double Burial near Nazareth, Israel. Adult Female AMH (Qafzeh 9) and Child (Qafzeh 10) ~100,000 yrs old
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Reconstruction of 150,000 years old "Altamura Man" Neanderthal from southern Italy
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Wonderful Model of Neanderthal Child Studying Reflection (Neanderthal Museum in Krapina, Croatia)
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These may be the world’s first images of dogs—and they’re wearing leashes
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The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe
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Neanderthal Woman by Oscar Nilsson, a Swedish archaeologist and sculptor specializing in the reconstruction of human faces
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Skeletons of an Anthropologist & His Favorite Dog at the Smithsonian
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Reconstruction of a Homo erectus from 1.6 million years ago at @Neandertal1 (AMartin Meissner/AP)
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Skeletons of an Anthropologist & His Favorite Dog at the Smithsonian
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Mum’s a Neanderthal, Dad’s a Denisovan: First discovery of an ancient-human hybrid
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Oil Lamp of Lascaux - 17,000 years old (Magdalenian) - 8 3/4 inches long, made of red sandstone
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THE HORSE OF LOURDES - this 15,000-year-old sculpture carved of mammoth ivory was found in 1886 in the cave of Les Espélugues, France. via @Archeonationale
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Geneticist David Reich has retrieved DNA from more than 900 ancient people. His findings trace the prehistoric migrations of our species. @carlzimmer via @nytimes
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Two-year-old Neanderthal child skull from Dederiyeh, Syria (50,000-70,000 years BP)
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Wonderful reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba, commissioned by the University of Michigan's Museum of Natural History (Credit: © Sculpture Elisabeth Daynes /Photo S. Entressangle)
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Five wild lionesses grow a mane and start acting like males
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Skhul V - is a 100,000-130,000 year old Anatomically Modern Human (with robust features) from Skhul cave, Mount Carmel, Israel
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Wonderful reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba, commissioned by the University of Michigan's Museum of Natural History (Credit: © Sculpture Elisabeth Daynes /Photo S. Entressangle)
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Amazing Reconstruction of the Shanidar 1 Neandertal by Elisabeth Daynès
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A 3.8-million-year-old fossil from Ethiopia reveals the face of Lucy's ancestor, Australopithecus anamensis via @physorg_com
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Wonderful reconstruction of Australopithecus sediba, commissioned by the University of Michigan's Museum of Natural History (Credit: © Sculpture Elisabeth Daynes /Photo S. Entressangle)
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Paranthropus robustus juvenile cranium (SK-54) - 2 puncture wounds indicate prey of leopard 1.5 million years ago - Swartkrans, South Africa (Illustration by Jay H. Matternes, National Geographic, NOV 1985)
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Lion Man from three angles. Stadel Cave, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 40,000 years old. © Ulmer Museum.
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Reconstruction of a Neanderthal by Élisabeth Daynès. (S. ENTRESSAGLE)
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I am listening to the #Kindred audiobook read by the author @LeMoustier . It is a wonderful, beautifully told account of Neanderthals and their place in the world. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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La Ferrassie 1 - 50,000 year old male Neanderthal with cranial capacity of 1641 cm³. Severely worn down front teeth may stem from their use as a third hand in the preparation of animal hides (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
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Neanderthals, Closer to Us: Like many Native American tribes, Neanderthals liked to adorn themselves with bird feathers, recent discoveries suggest (Article in Spanish) (Neanderthal reconstruction by Fabio Fogliazza)
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