'Enormous' cave under Pembroke Castle could rewrite history, researchers say Archaeologists have so far uncovered

Huge hidden cave under castle with prehistoric hippo bones 'once in a lifetime' find www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Post: Principal Researcher in Human Evolution, Natural History Museum London jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...

The UCL Palaeoanthropology and Palaeolithic (PaPa) MSc programme is a pioneering course in human origins delivered by a world-leading university. It will bring you a deep and expert understanding of the record of human evolution combining opportunities for the study of palaeolithic archaeology, palaeoanthropology and wider scientific approaches to the early human story. Coordinated by UCL’s Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology departments and drawing on expertise from across the University and other institutions, it will provide you with training in the specialisms of your choice. Having run now for over 15 years, we have PaPa alumni actively leading a new generation of human origins research across the world. Our programme is a proven springboard to PhD programmes, careers in academia, archaeological science, specialist archaeological fieldwork, science media and much more.

Applications are now open to join our 2026 UCL Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa 🦣📷https://tinyurl.com/5duy6twh

Principal Researcher in Human Evolution:South Kensington

Natural History Museum. Apply for Principal Researcher in Human Evolution jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Human Evolution and Behaviour MSc Develop the ability to generate, assess and synthesise empirical evidence and hypotheses related to human evolution and behaviour.

This MSc at UCL covers human evolution, human behavioural ecology, primatology and human evolutionary genetics www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Where Are the Denisovans? The Answer is in our DNA YouTube video by New Scientist

New Scientist interview me about Denisovans, Dragon Man and Yunxian youtube.com/watch?v=i3zq...

My thoughts on new human fossils from Thomas Quarry 1, Morocco

Everything We Know About Our Human Origins YouTube video by New Scientist

‘The human origin story is complex. So why not join us in our latest YouTube livestream as we explore how homo sapiens ended up colonising the planet and reveal our distant relatives’
youtube.com/live/QmCBmWf...

Earliest evidence of making fire Nature - Baked sediment, heat-shattered artefacts and introduced pyrite in a 400,000-year-old Palaeolithic occupation site in Suffolk, UK provide evidence of intentional fire-making, marking a...

"Earliest evidence of making fire" - full-text view-only version of the Nature paper, using the link below.
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The Origins of Humankind Where do we really come from?

2/2 This grew out of years of conversations I've had with some of the most thoughtful scholars on the matter, including @chrisbstringer.bsky.social , @cecileduflot.bsky.social , @vivek123.bsky.social , @lukegldng.bsky.social + the Origins of Humankind with @anthropogeny.org
Grateful to all !🙏

John Hawks and Chris Stringer: Neanderthals, Denisovans and humans, oh my!

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And many thanks to @dremmabird.bsky.social for help with this!

Yunxian does not disprove a Recent African Origin for Homo sapiens YouTube video by Chris Stringer

Yunxian does not disprove Out of Africa youtu.be/jA1I66ghcSw

Thanks for organizing this talk, @radicalanthro.bsky.social. Always fascinating to listen to @chrisbstringer.bsky.social & think about the complexities Chris touched on in his talk

Huxley Lecture 2023 - Prof Chris Stringer THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE 2023 - Prof Chris StringerTitle: Mostly Out of Africa: how, when and where Held on Tuesday 7 November 2023 at the Natural History...

A recording of the 2023 Huxley Lecture 🏺🧪
given by Huxley Memorial Medal winner
Prof Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
is now available from the RAI
youtu.be/0O6l-PjMgBs

Hybrid event UCL 11 Nov 2025, 18:30. New evidence from China helps to clarify the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution World-leading fossil expert Chris Stringer guides us through latest evidence on fossils, Denisovans and DNA from China

Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution Tickets, Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-f...

Some additional thoughts on Yunxian, Homo longi, Denisovans and the origin of Homo sapiens

Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution World-leading fossil expert Chris Stringer guides us through latest evidence on fossils, Denisovans and DNA from China

Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution Tickets, Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-f...

Rewriting Human Origins: What the 1-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals | Chris Stringer YouTube video by Conversations with Vania

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Some additional thoughts on Yunxian, Homo longi, Denisovans and the origin of Homo sapiens

morphobank.org/index.php/Pr...

Rewriting Human Origins: What the 1-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals | Chris Stringer YouTube video by Conversations with Vania

youtube.com/watch?v=ONCJ...

The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans Diverse forms of Homo coexisted during the Middle Pleistocene. Whether these fossil humans represent different species or clades is debated. The ~1-million-year-old Yunxian 2 fossil from China is impo...

The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My explainer about the Yunxian 2 study

#FossilFriday Replicas of Yunxian 2 reconstruction (L) and Sangiran 17 Homo erectus from Java. Our research indicates that Yunxian is not an erectus, but is an early member of the group containing Homo longi, other Chinese fossils, and Denisovan material

Our common Neanderthal ancestor could be a million years old, says Chris Stringer YouTube video by New Scientist

youtube.com/watch?v=MA1c...

Our common Neanderthal ancestor could be a million years old, says Chris Stringer YouTube video by New Scientist

youtube.com/watch?v=MA1c...

#FossilFriday Replicas of Yunxian 2 reconstruction (L) and Sangiran 17 Homo erectus from Java. Our research indicates that Yunxian is not an erectus, but is an early member of the group containing Homo longi, other Chinese fossils, and Denisovan material

Reconstruction of the Yunxian 2 cranium in standard views.

The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans 🏺🧪
Xiaobo Feng, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social et al
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Morphometric and phylogenetic analyses suggest it is an early member of H. longi clade, which includes Denisovans