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Palaeoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum London. Posts are my own, and when I repost or like, it does not signify I necessarily agree with all content https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/chris-stringer.html
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Stegosaurus at the Natural History Museum, London

Where Did Curly Hair Come From? Biological Anthropology May Provide Insights www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...

A horse from the Hall of the Bulls, reproduction in Lascaux II. Photo: Jack Versloot

A tiny #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of carnelian (height 0.9 cm). Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility. Dating c. 1540-1296 BC, New Kingdom. Photo: Cleveland Museum of Art 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

Fantastic special issue on Philosophy and Prehistory—be sure to check it out! 🏺 🧪 #philsky #hpbio #cogsci #philmind #humanevo #archaeosky link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A conversation we need to have, as it reflects the reality of many early-career researchers.

Our new paper is out! 😀 #humanevolution #openaccess

Dentition of the Mugharet El'Aliya Fossil Human Maxilla, Morocco - Röding - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Representation of the changes in morphological diversity along the evolutionary history of the Neanderthal clade| EurekAlert! Science News Releases www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/1...

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A horse from the Hall of the Bulls, reproduction in Lascaux II. Photo: Jack Versloot

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Representation of the changes in morphological diversity along the evolutionary history of the Neanderthal clade| EurekAlert! Science News Releases www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/1...

Dentition of the Mugharet El'Aliya Fossil Human Maxilla, Morocco - Röding - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Canceling the measurement of economic impacts from climate change doesn’t make those costs — approx. $2 trillion for the U.S. economy this decade — go away. Instead, it will likely push them onto citizens. New, from @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org

For those of you not on the 14C mailing list, click on the link to find out more about this Royal Society event on 'Radiocarbon and cosmic radiation events'. 27-28 May in Edinburgh. Organised by the lovely Mike Dee, Margot Kuitems & company👇 royalsociety.org/science-even...

It's taken just a month for the Republican administration to trash eight decades of US leadership in science and technology. TRIGGER WARNING: reading this article (by my esteemed colleagues, who have stronger stomachs than I do) made me feel physically ill. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved. More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:

‘If you are interested in prehistoric and/or primate archaeology and want to develop your research with an ICArEHB researcher, see this link’ www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...

The Qafzeh 11 child (~100,000 years old, Israel) was buried with red deer antlers. The child had suffered a serious brain injury earlier in life…

The brain self-cleanses during sleep. How waste management works in the body’s most mysterious organ, and how sleep medications may interfere english.elpais.com/science-tech...

Of course it's worth noting that the Krapina Neanderthals (an important sample here, and pre-the-bottleneck) are probably much older than 130,000 years (Grun & Stringer, unpublished data)

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#FossilFriday One of the most complete dentitions of Australopithecus africanus Sts52a+b from Sterkfontein, South Africa

A human gene makes mice squeak differently — did it contribute to language? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tracing human ancestors back a million years www.newscientist.com/video/246925...

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Lascaux Cave: The Hall of the Bulls and Diverticule Axial (Leroi-Gourhan 1984)

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Special #FossilFriday for #ValentinesDay - Madrid 1993: When Miguelon met Ms Gibraltar Neanderthal

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Lascaux Cave: The Hall of the Bulls and Diverticule Axial (Leroi-Gourhan 1984)

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Science is a part of our lives. 🧪 But science doesn't do itself. Science is done by people. Cutting science research isn't just cutting numbers... It's cutting people. Science is people. To bring this to your attention, I'll be posting and reposting some of their voices. Listen and take action.

"Musk is a key figure within a US administration that is attacking science through executive orders that have systematically targeted the scientific community, cut funding, restricted research and silenced scientists" My op-ed in @resprofnews.bsky.social www.researchprofessi...

'Evolution and the Fate of Humankind. This publication is available for free download until March 5, 2025' bit.ly/4b6OiNj

Editorial preface to the special issue: Palaeoecology and taphonomy of small mammals: Implications for Quaternary human occupations and environmental reconstruction... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reviving-like prosocial behavior in response to unconscious or dead conspecifics in rodents | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A neural basis for prosocial behavior toward unresponsive individuals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Evolution takes multiple paths to evolvability when facing environmental change | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Scientific insights into how humans access deep spiritual states. Study finds practices in Buddhism and Christianity share a similar cognitive pathway to profound focus www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Of course it's worth noting that the Krapina Neanderthals (an important sample here, and pre-the-bottleneck) are probably much older than 130,000 years (Grun & Stringer, unpublished data)

The brain self-cleanses during sleep. How waste management works in the body’s most mysterious organ, and how sleep medications may interfere english.elpais.com/science-tech...

The Qafzeh 11 child (~100,000 years old, Israel) was buried with red deer antlers. The child had suffered a serious brain injury earlier in life…

‘If you are interested in prehistoric and/or primate archaeology and want to develop your research with an ICArEHB researcher, see this link’ www.icarehb.com/fct-phd-fell...

Scientific insights into how humans access deep spiritual states. Study finds practices in Buddhism and Christianity share a similar cognitive pathway to profound focus www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Evolution takes multiple paths to evolvability when facing environmental change | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...