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On this episode of “The Story of Us,” we are doing something a little different and are featuring a book series, a paleo fiction series, just now completed, and its author E.A Meigs. This book’s series is a good mix of wanting something like “Clan of the Cave Bear” but with a great deal moreContinue reading “Dreamer Books – An Ice Age Saga: The Story of Us with E.A Meigs”

Dear Colleagues, Professors, Advisors, and Administrators, I hope you are doing well. This message is for those of you who are in the academic sphere. If you could please distribute the following message and attached document to members of your department (especially undergraduates), that would be greatly appreciated. ___________________ Cambridge Journal of Human Behaviour: CallContinue reading “Cambridge Journal of Human Behavior Issue 2. Vol 1 Call for Submissions”

Now that we’ve all seen the headlines about the potential Naledi engravings join Seth and Genevieve as we dig deep into the questions surrounding this new possibility.  What do we know so far?  How should researchers approach such an extraordinary claim?  How can we study these engravings?  What is the balance between media and academia?  AndContinue reading “New Episode of “The Story of Us” – Naledi Engravings! 10 Am Pacific!”

Before the exciting and big announcements coming out on the 5th! (Stay tuned!) I wondered what, according to AI, would it mean if a hominin species, such as Homo naledi, ritualistically buried their dead? Asking the New Bing Chatbot AI, I asked, “ in APA 7th edition, write a blog post about the implications onContinue reading “What does it mean to be human? Homo naledi’s ritualistic burial practices challenge our definition.”

On this episode of The Story of Us, prepare to hear some exciting content and news! Premiering at 3pm PST! Dr. Brenna Hassett is a bioanthropologist and archaeologist who uses the evidence left behind in bones and teeth to tell us how we grew — or failed to grow — in the past. In thisContinue reading “Digging for Bones with Dr. Brenna Hasset”

Written with the Assistance of the New Bing as well as Grammarly There is a fact in Anthropology that I just love telling people because it seems to always blow their minds, for whatever reason…but that fact is that there is more genetic diversity within Africa than in the rest of the world.  Why? ReadContinue reading “More Genetic Diversity in Africa, than the Rest of the World? Can it be True? Yes!”

Written with the assistance of Dual AI Today we will be talking about a fascinating topic, one of which seems to go under the radar from time to time and yet has an extreme impact on the populations of modern humans (us)! We will discuss bottlenecks, what they are, and how they affect the populationsContinue reading “What are human population bottlenecks, and why are they important?”

Watch the video premiere at 8pm PST here: In his own words, “I am a PhD candidate in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University and an affiliate of the Institute of Human Origins. I received my BA in Anthropology from Stony Brook University and my MA in Anthropology fromContinue reading “Grad school and Flintknapping with John Murray”