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Tag Archives: Australopithecus
Size, Science, and Scientific Truth
Jerry Coyne, evolutionary geneticist at the University of Chicago and author of several biological texts as well as texts on evolution and faith, started an argument about the politics of the left and science in a post titled, “The ideological … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Evolution
Tagged Australopithecus, body size, dimorphism, reproduction, sexual dimorphism
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Laetoli, Boston-style
How do you film a class segment about the Laetoli footprint trail without going to Tanzania to film? By going to the beach, of course! Laetoli, if you are not aware, is the ~3.5-3.6 million year old site in Tanzania, … Continue reading
Posted in Fossils
Tagged 207x, afarensis, Australopithecus, footprints, Laetoli
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More on the Burtele foot…
…from people more knowledgable than me. Holly Dunsworth, at The Mermaid’s Tale, has a long post that touches on a number of questions raised by the new fossils. One point I like that she highlights is the variation seen within … Continue reading
Posted in Fossils
Tagged Ardipithecus, Australopithecus, Burtele, Ethiopia, Pliocene
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