We had a great discussion with John Hawks on the radio today. The podcast of that conversation is available via any one of the routes indicated here.
We discussed australopiths, Homo, Paleolithic sex, ancient DNA and fossil casting calls. And more. Check it out.
Thanks, John, for your time!
- Log in to post comments
More like this
The ape human split is a bit of a moving target. In the 1970s and early 1980s, there were geneticists who placed it at very recent (close to 4 million years ago) and palaeoanthropologists, using fossils, who placed it at much earlier. During the 1980s, the ape-human split moved back in time…
I just want to say thank you to Len Webb aka 'Cruze' and his posse for having me on their weekly, two-hour online radio show, The REC, this past Wednesday night at G-Town Radio in Philadelphia. It was nice to open my e-mailbox Wednesday morning with his note.
I've read your blog on the case of…
Common misconceptions and unproven assumptions about the aquatic ape theory
A Guest Post by Marc Verhaegen
*2013 m_verhaegen@skynet.be
It is often assumed that Alister Hardy’s and Elaine Morgan’s aquatic ape theory (AAT) suggests that more than 5 Ma (million years ago) there was a semi-aquatic…
John Hawks has pointed out that the great archaeologist Colin Renfrew has been making the case that our species has been in genomic stasis for 50,000 years. He contends:
The genetic composition of living humans at birth (the human genotype) is closely similar from individual to individual today.…
Thanks, Greg!
Looking forward to listening to it tomorrow at the gym or during the bike ride in to work. Sad that I missed the live show, but a damn bug made sure I slept ~ 18 out of 24 hours on Sunday.