A Lost Human Lineage May Have Left a Genetic Legacy in People Today @paleobae.bsky.social #evolution #evolutionsoup #fossil #science #paleoanthropology 👇🏼👇🏾 tinyurl.com/27d4uey6
Christopher J. Bae
@paleobae.bsky.social
Paleoanthropology, Out of Africa, modern human origins, Eastern Asia, Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Mānoa
Ever wondered why humans have chins? 🤔 New research by HERI’s Lauren Schroeder suggests chins aren’t a direct adaptation. They are linked to other changes like brain growth and a flatter face. In short, chins may be a byproduct of how our faces evolved. 🔗 www.heriuct.co.za/news-content...
Move over, elephant graveyards - this whale necropolis extends 1,200km along the Indian Ocean seafloor at depths from 4,600-7,000m; has accumulated at least 476 fossil whale carcasses over the past 5m years; and has 5 active whale falls. Paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone - Nature
Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insi...
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Postdoctoral job announcement: come to Cambridge and work on population genetic modelling with environmental and ancient DNA, jointly with @gamzeandgursoy.bsky.social and me. Details at www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/55580/ - applications by June 16th.
Research Associate in Population Genetics Modelling and Environmental DNA (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Associate in Population Genetics Modelling and Environmental DNA (Fixed Term) in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.
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Job alert! I am thrilled to announce that the GenoMorph project is recruiting a postdoc researcher in genetic data. The aim is to better understand relationships between genotype & phenotype in human teeth, with implications for hominin evolution. Please apply here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/417844
Postdoctoral Researcher in Genetic Data Analysis (M/F)
The University of Bordeaux is a large, dynamic, and responsible university, attentive to the well-being of its staff.
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We’re excited to announce that the first 2026 issue of PaleoAnthropology is now online! A big thank you to everyone who made this issue possible. 📖 Read it here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... #PaleoAnthropology #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #OpenAccess
Fossil teeth from China uncover 400,000-year-old H. erectus ties to Denisovans @paleobae.bsky.social #evolution #evolutionsoup #fossil #science #paleoanthropology 👇🏼👇🏾 is.gd/qj6K37
🦴 PaleoAnthropology 2026 Issue 1 — Human Evolution 📖 Naumann & Harvati Upper Paleolithic human remains from La Rochette paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... 📖 Hopkins et al. Middle–Upper Paleolithic transition at Kozarnika Cave paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... #HumanEvolution
We are looking for a DNA lab manager! The position is for a Senior Scientist (maternity replacement) in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology here in Vienna. Come and work with us in the wonderful fields of ancient DNA and archaeology!! 🧬💀 Link below: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...
Senior Scientist (Ancient DNA lab)
Senior Scientist (Ancient DNA lab)
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ICArCHEB in Portugal has put out a call for proposals for HEIRS (the Hub for Human Evolution Research Synthesis). HEIRS supports collaborative research projects designed to produce syntheses of important issues in the field. A wonderful opportunity - link below heirs.icarehb.com/calls-traini...
Call for Group Synthesis Project 2026 – heirs
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What Is the Acheulean? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
What Is the Acheulean?
The Acheulean represents the longest cultural period known to human history, lasting globally for more than 1.75 million years. It may have emerged as early as 1.95 Ma in Africa, spreading throughout....
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{NEW PAPER ALERT ‼️} If you are interested in how the Acheulean is perceived across Eurasia you might find this of interest. 😎😎 doi.org/10.1002/evan...
1.77-Million-Year-Old Homo erectus Crania in China Challenge Long-Held Timelines of Human Dispersal 💀🇨🇳 arkeonews.net/1-77-million...
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
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Homo erectus skulls found in China are almost 1.8 million years old — the oldest evidence of the ancient human relatives in East Asia @paleobae.bsky.social #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #China #science #fossils 👇🏿👇🏽 is.gd/Z4xCV8
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.
Christopher J. Bae@paleobae.bsky.social · 6mo ago{NEW PAPER ALERT!!🚨} Here’s the latest on the Yunxian site in China… 🤙🤙 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
{NEW PAPER ALERT!!🚨} 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': uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
The Balkans is an important region as hominins likely moved through the region to get to western Europe!! 🤙🤙
Evolution Soup@evolutionsoup.bsky.social · 7mo ago✨NEW INTERVIEW✨ THE BALKAN HOMININ - A Forgotten Ancestor ~ with MIRJANA ROKSANDIC @paleobae.bsky.social #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils 👇🏿👇🏽 youtu.be/UTyICW2igsQ
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
{NEW PAPER ALERT!! 🚨} 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… 😎😎 @courtneymanthey.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
And check out the Chibanian puzzle SI in there too!! 😎😎 @mroksand.bsky.social
PaleoAnthropology Journal@paleoanthjourn.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now! Volume 2025, Issue 2 #openaccess 📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph... #paleoanthropology #humanevolution
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...
'Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils.' 🏺
'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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At 93, 'Wushan Man' discoverer continues to unearth clues to China's ancient human origins @paleobae.bsky.social #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology is.gd/mbq3em
"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.
Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒@marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 10mo agoSeveral years ago, I watched the National Geographic "Jane" documentary, and wrote a Twitter thread about it, then rewrote it in blog form for the @peopleprimate.bsky.social. And I'm dismayed to see so much of her memorials repeating this narrative (2/10) human-primate-interactions.org/blog/
📢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...
Student webinar Series: Publishing for Students with Dr. Christopher Bae
YouTube video by Human Biology Association
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