#paleoanthropologist

[rawrindinoqueen]

Just saw a month old video about “predatory Neanderthal” video with 100k views. Like, that’s just straight-up misinformation and it might get really bad for the paleoanthropology community soon.

[robertlufkinmd-blog]

Happy Birthday Mary Douglas Leakey, FBA (6 February 1913 – 9 December 1996)! British #paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilized #Proconsul skull, an extinct ape which is now believed to be ancestral to humans. #Womenintech https://www.instagram.com/p/B8PZ6VLlz0B/?igshid=1uncth6cjo2ji

[oryanwadoo]

WADOO!!NEWS: Experts Find 'New Species Of Human Relative'

WADOO!!NEWS: Experts Find ‘New Species Of Human Relative’

Scientists in South Africa say they have found “a new species of human relative” after the discovery of fossils in a cave.

The creature, named Homo Naledi, is described as having a surprising mix of human and primitive characteristics, according to paleoanthropologist John Hawks.

Mr Hawks added that the being may be an early member of the evolutionary group including today’s humans and our…

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[sciencetoastudent]

Mary Douglas Leakey

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Born 6 Feb 1913; died 9 Dec 1996 at age 83. English archaeologist and paleoanthropologist (née Nicol) who made several of the most important fossil finds subsequently interpreted and publicized by her husband, the noted anthropologist Louis Leakey. For every vivid claim made by Louis about the origins of man, the supporting evidence tended to come from Mary's scrupulous scientific approach. As “the woman who found our ancestors”, Mary's work in East Africa shed new light on human evolution. After Louis' death in 1972, she enjoyed her most spectacular find: three trails of fossilised hominid footprints 3.6 million years old, which she discovered at Laetoli in Tanzania (1978-9) showing man's ancestors were walking upright at a much earlier period than previously believed.

[iamhomechicago-blog]

Awesome development! Awesome paleoanthropologist blog.

[lookslikescience-blog]

Anne Weaver. I am a paleoanthropologist (I study human evolution) and an author (The Voyage of the Beetle, Children of Time).

[gregorrohrig-blog]

After posting the portrait I took of the late Professor Philip Tobias, I found these two cheerful photographs, taken before Professor Tobias' lecture in 2004, whilst I was introduced as the official photographer. His personality and charisma are pretty evident in the shots :)

[gregorrohrig-blog]

RIP Professor Philip Tobias, renowned paleoanthropologist and astute academic. 

I remember taking this photograph during a centenary guest lecture at Rhodes University. I specifically remember his spiritedness and charisma, and of course his tie, graced with little yellow monkeys. 

"He started the programme of excavation at Sterkfontein in 1966 which is now the longest continuously active palaeoanthropological dig anywhere in the world, and has produced over 1 000 hominin fossils."

I feel humbled and grateful to have been able to document Professor Tobias.