The New Human Evolution Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

I had the privilege of seeing the new Human Evolution exhibit at the Natural History Museum in London only one day after it opened (18/20/15). Unfortunately, the exhibit is pretty small, especially compared to other major museums such as the AMNH in New York City and the NMNH in D.C; however, the exhibit did have…

AMAZING NEW DISCOVERY: HOMO NALEDI

What an exciting time to be a in the field of biological anthropology! As a palaeoanthropologist-in-training, I am more excited than ever to witness firsthand how this discovery will change the definition of what it means to be human. Meet the female scientists!!! Read the open access article about the findings NPR article

Baboon bone found in famous Lucy skeleton

Identifying bone fragments is a difficult process, especially if there are no easily identifiable traits left intact, but the fact that it took over 40 years for someone to notice that one of Lucy’s vertebra was not hers is a bit preposterous! Click here for the article!

The Smithsonian’s Traveling Exhibit and Teaching Evolution in Rural Areas

This past Thursday, I attended an opening event for the Smithsonian’s Traveling Human Origins Exhibit. While I was very excited about the event, I unfortunately had to drive for about an hour through rural Pennsylvania in order to reach the library where the lecture was being held. After passing a seemingly endless amount of cornfields,…

Game: Identify the fossil hominid!

Just found this game on the Smithsonian’s website. It’s actually pretty fun (even if it is a tad bit frustrating haha). Though, when you think about it, the actual scientists probably have gotten a bunch of these wrong too. There is no way for anyone to actually know if they are correct (unless we invent…

Special Edition of Scientific American – June/July 2015

“The Evolution of Your Body” So many articles on human evolution in one place… I think my brain might just explode from excitement!!!! *to name a few topics: evolution of the brain, [evo of] the eye, [evo of] handwriting, the ability to digest milk

“First Peoples” on PBS

If you are not the reading type, I recommend watching “First Peoples” on PBS. It premiered last night (unfortunately I missed it), but you can watch all of the episodes for free on pbs.org -break out the popcorn! 😉 Click here to watch!

Ian Tattersall’s “The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack”

As only the second “official” book I have read written by a professional paleoanthropologist (Svante Pääbo’s Neanderthal Man: the Search for Lost Genomes was the first), I must say I am very impressed. Tattersall is an amazing writer, and I was immediately drawn in by his words. He discusses paleoanthropology as well as the many…

What is Paleoanthropology/Physical Anthropology?

http://physanth.org/ has the best answer to that question.