PaleoAnthropology
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‘This time, it’s the other way around’: how Indonesia is reclaiming the science of human history 💀🇮🇩 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘This time, it’s the other way around’: how Indonesia is reclaiming the science of human history
After a massive restructuring of its research ecosystem, Indonesia is taking the lead on its own palaeontological research.
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Si el fds pasado no leíste el resumen, aquí tienes otra oportunidad: Paleoantropología: novedades 2º trimestre 2026 nutcrackerman.com/2026/06/30/p...
Paleoantropología: novedades 2º trimestre 2026
Como cada trimestre, aquí llega el resumen de las principales novedades publicadas en el ámbito de la paleoantropología, ordenadas cronológicamente según la antigüedad de los hallazgos estudiados. …
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Aprovechamiento estable y continuado del sílex en el sur de Pirineos entre 13,5 y 39 ka, con fuentes a +100 km. Variations in human ecodynamics in the southern Pyrenees: chert procurement and use at Cova Gran de Santa Linya during the Upper Paleolithic www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Qafzeh 25 (92-145 ka): probable lesión por objeto cortante, violencia interpersonal. Sobrevivió tras la herida, con posible recepción de cuidados. A taphonomic reassessment of Qafzeh 25 and its implications for violence, health and funerary practices www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A taphonomic reassessment of Qafzeh 25 and its implications for violence, health and funerary practices - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A taphonomic reassessment of Qafzeh 25 and its implications for violence, health and funerary practices
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Ancestral Origins and Genetic History of Tibetan Highlanders🏺🧪 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... Evidence of the co-existence of Paleolithic and Neolithic ancestries in the Tibetan gene pool, indicating a genetic continuity between pre-historical highland-foragers and present-day Tibetans.
Las diferencias cognitivas entre neandertales y humanos modernos encajarían en el rango encontrado en los humanos modernos, que generalmente no se considera significativo a nivel evolutivo. Neanderthal brain and cognition reconsidered
Neanderthal brain and cognition reconsidered | PNAS
Neanderthal endocrania are different in shape, though slightly larger in size than modern humans on average. These shape differences have long been...
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Study suggests humans and Neanderthals coexisted in same caves www.purdueexponent.org/news/nationa...
Study suggests humans and Neanderthals coexisted in same caves
Early modern humans and Neanderthals may have lived together in the same caves, according to new research.
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Roughly 100,000 Years Ago, This Man Got Stabbed in the Face—and Survived. He's Likely One of the First Known Victims of an Attack With a Sharp Weapon
Researchers who investigated the remains of a young adult male found in the Qafzeh cave say the injury healed over time, which means the victim's community may have tended to him
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Taphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensis🏺🧪 @egveatch.bsky.social @brianapobiner.bsky.social , et al www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Suggests not as behaviorally advanced and provides critical insights into the behavioral repertoire
(actualizado) Romito 2: un caso de enanismo en el Paleolítico superior estudiado con la Bioarqueología del Cuidado (updated) Romito 2: a case of dwarfism in the Upper Paleolithic studied with the Bioarchaeology of Care
Romito 2: un caso de enanismo en el Paleolítico superior estudiado con la Bioarqueología del Cuidado
Actualizado enero 2026 [English version below] Romito 2 es el esqueleto de un individuo femenino que vivió hace unos 11.500 años en la región de Calabria, al sur de Italia. Su edad al morir era de …
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Lucy, a remarkably complete Australopithecus afarensis, perhaps more than any other ancient relative, has challenged us to think deeply about what it means to be human. Three million years after Lucy walked upright in Africa, the inside story of another landmark journey🏺🧪 phys.org/news/2026-06...
Un elefante procesado en EAK (Olduvai) hace 1,78 Ma: implicaciones para el origen de la cooperación
Un elefante procesado en EAK (Olduvai) hace 1,78 Ma: implicaciones para el origen de la cooperación
Viajemos a uno de mis periodos favoritos en la evolución humana: aquel en que algunos representantes de Homo tempranos comienzan a desarrollar comportamientos de cooperación. Se trata de grupos de …
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El hallazgo más antiguo conocido de sílex tratado térmicamente: Nauwalabila I (Australia) 40-45 ka. Earliest Lithic Heat Treatment in Australia is the World’s Oldest Known Treatment of Chert
Earliest Lithic Heat Treatment in Australia is the World’s Oldest Known Treatment of Chert - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
We identify the oldest known example of systematic heat treatment of chert in the world. The specimens come from the base of one of Australia’s oldest archaeological sequences, Nauwalabila I, in…
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The brain lag effect is complicated Evolutionary lags in the primate brain size/body size relationship revisited🏺🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... Contrary to original lag hypothesis, finds brain/body ratio does not converge back on allometric regression line, but continues to evolve beyond it.
Evolutionary drivers of encephalization and facial reduction in the genus Homo🏺🧪 Mark Hubbe & Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... Highlighting the importance of environmental constraints and possibly cultural behaviors as core drivers of human evolution.
#OnThisDay in 1858, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's theory of evolution through natural selection was read aloud at a meeting of the Linnean Society. It was the first time the idea was ever presented to an audience.
Evaluating the Evolvability of Paranthropus Cranial Morphology in Relation to Feeding Biomechanics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Human subsistence in a montane ecotone habitat during the Lower Magdalenian c. 19,000–18,000 years ago: The case of El Mirón cave (Cantabria, Spain) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cierre de trimestre... Aquí llega el resumen de Paleoantropología: novedades 2º trimestre 2026 wp.me/p4Bi9E-6xp
Paleoantropología: novedades 2º trimestre 2026
Como cada trimestre, aquí llega el resumen de las principales novedades publicadas en el ámbito de la paleoantropología, ordenadas cronológicamente según la antigüedad de los hallazgos estudiados. …
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Ancient DNA reveals a two-clanned matrilineal community in Neolithic China
Ancient DNA reveals a two-clanned matrilineal community in Neolithic China - Nature
Analysis of ancient DNA, stable isotope data and archaeological evidence from the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China suggests it was populated by a matrilineal Neolithic community between…
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Findings overturn decades of assumptions about how – and where – primate lineage began. The radiation and geographic expansion of primates through diverse climates🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Suggests earliest primates didn't originate in tropical forests but in cold, dry parts of North America.
#FossilFriday Reconstruction of the internal cranial base of an adolescent Homo erectus (Sinanthropus III). An enlightening on the hominids neural straightening, its embryonic modalities and its cognitive implications www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cro-Magnon 1 - cranium. 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴. Upper Palaeolithic - Gravettian. France #FossilFriday Courtesy of Musée de l'Homme, Paris @erc.europa.eu CENIEH #FECYT
A unique and intriguing finding... Out of 20 individuals screened, analysis of the teeth from Homo naledi skeletons in the South African cave system found they were all female. Proteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 Homo naledi individuals shows no male markers🏺🧪 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
¿Por qué somos la única especie de hominino con frente vertical?
¿Por qué somos la única especie de hominino con frente vertical?
Una de las características más llamativas de Homo sapiens es nuestra frente alta y vertical. La combinación de una serie de rasgos nos distingue frente a otras especies humanas, tales como el cráne…
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Neanderthal Cranio-Cervical Features: Morphological Integration and Functional Evaluation of Their Early Appearance
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Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe🏺🧪 Alba Bossoms Mesa, @elenaessel.bsky.social, @mariesoressi.bsky.social, @janetk.bsky.social, @matejahajdi.bsky.social et al www.nature.com/articles/s41... Finds load did not accumulate, arguing against progressive genetic deterioration.
