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We had the great pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sáez the other day and we had a blast! We learned alot from talking to him and we hope you can glean some of that yourself by watching! From Neanderthals to the Complete Human Package, we discuss his book, his work, and his views on Anthropology. CheckContinue reading “Roberto Sáez, Interview: #19 A Compassionate Human?”

Hello fellow enthusiasts, students, professors, and more! Join us today for an amazing talk on Neanderthals and so much more, listen to an if not the world’s leading experts on Neanderthals for the past 40 years!Learn all about Neanderthals and more in this great interview! To watch the rest of our interviews, check out ourContinue reading “Chris Stringer, is that you? Interview: 18”

So! I now have an account on Academia.edu, which is AWESOME! It was a graduation present and I am very happy! I have two papers up, both of which came from this website, the best one and one id love opinions on is this one: There will be no changes to this website, any articlesContinue reading “Academia.edu (Link Fixed)”

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?”