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Well, its time for another book review! There are just so many great books out there that have been published in the last year, let alone decade and beyond. Recently I created a “Top 5 Books” list, that you can view here. But today we are going to be talking about one book in particular,Continue reading “First Steps: How Upright Walking Made us Human-A Review”

There is a consistent and persistent misunderstanding of many things in todays day and age. And that’s ok because there are a lot of things going on in this big, wide and wonderful world of ours. Some of these misconceptions can be, and are very harmful. Such as negative biases towards what many people callContinue reading “Race, Gender and Sex”

I got emailed this wonderful little tale the other day and thought I’d share it with all of you so we can all enjoy it together! First, my name is Wilson Crook, although I go by “Dub”, which is short for my initials (“WW”). I am an archeologist with a passion for paleoanthropology instilled byContinue reading “Louis Leakey and a Fun Story”

One thing that we get asked alot here, and myself in particular, is what are good books to read? So many people are used to science books being like text books, and hard to understand. The following books have all been written to be read by anyone, from armchair anthropologist to PhD researchers. These booksContinue reading “Top 5 Modern Books on Anthropology”

Hello fans and readers of World of Paleoanthropology!  Today I am thrilled to introduce you to our next guest!  Professor Desilva, from Dartmouth University is an expert in Bipedal Locomotion. I.E Walking on two legs. While we today know this mostly to be a human trait, it actually extends far into the distant past, allContinue reading “Interview #17: Jeremy DeSilva”

This last month I had the pleasant experience of reading “A Most Interesting Problem, What Darwin Got Right and Wrong About Human Evolution” edited by Jeremy DeSilva and written by a variety of top professors on the subjects, this book gives an insightful, modern, and up to date views, hypotheses and thesis on Human Evolution,Continue reading “A Most Interesting Problem, a Review”

Hello there, fellow science enthusiasts, scientists, and any and all interested parties, I have a proposition for you. As of now, you know that here are World of Paleoanthropology we try to do alot of things, and we think we do them pretty well. We do book reviews, blog posts, vlogs, and interviews with upContinue reading “A Small Contribution?”

Join us as we chat with Stephanie Baker, head of the Drimolen site where Paranthropus Robustus seem to have made a home, recovering almost a full cranium! Be sure to check out the rest of our site, and watch all of our other interviews! We have met with some great people! If youre interested inContinue reading “Interview #16 Stephanie Baker”

Wow our fifteenth interview! Its amazing how far we have come and seeing the amazing people on our show, and reading their written interviews! Here is to a bright future! Today we are releasing publicly (It was released early on our Patreon) our interview with Professor Agustin Fuentes of Princeton University! We are very excitedContinue reading “Interview #15: Agustin Fuentes”

Hello again Everybody! Happy Anthropology Day! It is that time again, now that we have had a steady flow of guests, for another interview or chat as we like to call them (we dont want to scare anyone off after all). This time we were delighted to host James Cole, a professor at the UniversityContinue reading “Interview #14: James Cole”