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Advances in hominin evolution

For decades, most of the news concerning our deep ancestry emerged from discoveries in sub-Saharan Africa at sites in Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia. The first week of 2026 decisively shifted that focus northwards… More


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Asteroid Bennu: a ‘lucky dip’ for NASA and planetary science

I must have been about ten years old when I last saw a ‘lucky dip’ or ‘bran tub’ at a Christmas fair.  You paid two shillings (now £0.1) to rootle around in the bran for… More


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Evidence for geologically aware Neanderthals using sparks to light fires

As early as 3.4 Ma bones with cut marks first appear in Ethiopia suggesting that meat had by then entered the hominin diet. Access to such a rich source of protein has been suggested to… More


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The ‘boring billion’ years of the Mesoproterozoic: plate tectonics and the eukaryotes

The emergence of the eukaryotes – of which we are a late-entry member – has been debated for quite a while. In 2023 Earth-logs reportedthat a study of ‘biomarker’ organic chemicals in Proterozoic sediments suggests…


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The hand of Paranthropus boisei

One of the longest-lived hominin species that we know of was Paranthropus boisei, remains of which occur in East African sediments between 2.6 and 1.3 Ma. Others, including our own species, lasted nowhere near as… More


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