What Is the Acheulean? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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If you are interested in how the Acheulean is perceived across Eurasia you might find this of interest. 😎😎

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The latest on Yunxian Homo erectus!! 😎😎

1.77-Million-Year-Old Homo erectus Crania in China Challenge Long-Held Timelines of Human Dispersal - Arkeonews New 26Al/10Be burial dating shows China’s Yunxian Homo erectus skulls are 1.77 million years old, making them the oldest securely dated

1.77-Million-Year-Old Homo erectus Crania in China Challenge Long-Held Timelines of Human Dispersal 💀🇨🇳 arkeonews.net/1-77-million...

Homo erectus skulls found in China are almost 1.8 million years old — the oldest evidence of the ancient human relatives in East Asia

Homo erectus skulls found in China are almost 1.8 million years old — the oldest evidence of the ancient human relatives in East Asia
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#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #China #science #fossils
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New paper! Now leaving little doubt that Yunxian are, as was originally assumed, H. erectus, NOT Denisovans or part of a recent Homo sapiens clade to the exclusion of Neanderthals etc.

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Here’s the latest on the Yunxian site in China… 🤙🤙

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':

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Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨

Yes definitely. Your interviews are always very thorough!! 👍👍

The Balkans is an important region as hominins likely moved through the region to get to western Europe!! 🤙🤙

TODAY: Paleoanthropologist Mirjana Roksandic returns to Evolution Soup YouTube channel to reveal hominid secrets of the Balkans.

TODAY:
Paleoanthropologist Mirjana Roksandic returns to Evolution Soup YouTube channel to reveal hominid secrets of the Balkans.
@paleobae.bsky.social #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils #Balkans

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New dating analysis from the uber important Xujiayao site (~228 ka - ~138 ka), clearly not from the middle Chibanian or the Late Pleistocene. 🤙🤙

DM me for a copy or request through Researchgate.

[new paper alert!!]. Taking another look at the traditional Out of Africa I model… 😎😎

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And check out the Chibanian puzzle SI in there too!! 😎😎

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Thanks Mike!! 🙏🙏

This just out in NewScientist. It includes various discussions around bodoensis, juluensis and everything Chibanian… (had no idea they were going to draw my pic for the piece!! 😂😂).

www.newscientist.com/article/2500...

'Java Man,’ the first Homo erectus discovered, is finally going home Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils.

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'Java Man,’ the first Homo erectus discovered, is finally going home Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils.

'Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils.' 🏺

At 93, 'Wushan Man' discoverer continues to unearth clues to China's ancient human origins

At 93, 'Wushan Man' discoverer continues to unearth clues to China's ancient human origins
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Congratulations Marta!! Well deserved honor!! 👏👏👏

"But now, as an anthropologically-trained primatologist, I see this story through a different lens. What was apparent watching the documentary was that this compelling narrative is rooted in colonialism and neo-colonialism."
Please, read this amazing essay.

Student webinar Series: Publishing for Students with Dr. Christopher Bae YouTube video by Human Biology Association

📢The Student Webinar Series is back!
Join Courtney Callidora Manthey and Madison Honig as they kick off the season with Dr. Christopher Bae (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) for a conversation on publishing as a grad student.
Don’t miss this great start to the series!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHmE...

Highly recommended!! 👍👍

Here’s a cool take on the Asian Middle Pleistocene hominins that appeared in Discover Magazine. Homo juluensis is alive and kicking… 💪💪

www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...

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Perhaps, but at the end of the day, it ain’t science if we are not disagreeing on how to interpret the data. If there is one point I think we can agree on is that we have been seriously underestimating the amount of variation in Asian Chibanian hominins.

In situ (splash-form) tektites from the Middle Pleistocene laterite deposits in Bose Basin, south China The Australasian tektite strewn field (ATSF) is the most recent and largest confirmed tektite strewn field to date, representing a major extraterrestr…

In situ (splash-form) tektites from the Middle Pleistocene laterite deposits in Bose Basin, south China www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

[new paper alert]. This student led paper is really cool. Hopefully, it closes the lid on arguments that the Australasian tektites cannot be used to date the Bose handaxes. 💪💪

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Here’s the latest on the Chinese “Muddle in the Middle”. My recent conversation with Stefan Milo. Hopefully bringing some clarity to an increasingly complex record. 😎😎

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New Sausage of Science! Chris Lynn @christopherdlynn.bsky.social and Courtney Manthey @courtneymanthey.bsky.social chat with Dr. Christopher Bae @paleobae.bsky.social, a distinguished paleoanthropologist from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa whose research focuses on human evolution in East Asia.

Awesome synthesis of how the name Homo bodoensis came about. Nice job. 👏👏👏