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- How many bathrooms have Neanderthals in the tile? https://johnhawks.net/weblog/how-many-bathrooms-have-neandertals-in-the-tile/ 229 comments
- A Visit to the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City (2023) https://johnhawks.net/weblog/museo-nacional-de-antropologia-visit/ 32 comments
- All the hominins made tools https://johnhawks.net/weblog/all-the-hominins-made-tools/ 39 comments
- How the lives of mothers matter to offspring survival in wild primates http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/primates/life-history/zipple-maternal-mortality-2021.html 3 comments
- Brain-body allometry revisited across mammals http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/brain/brain-body-allometry-smaers-2021.html 6 comments
- Killing it: From handaxes to spears, no difference in hunting (2020) http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/archaeology/middle/africa/faunal-exploitation-smith-2020.html 14 comments
- Arguing about species: Is it evidence, or ego? http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/taxonomy/species-argument-evidence-ego-2017.html 12 comments
- Homo naledi was chipping its teeth amazingly often http://johnhawks.net/weblog/fossils/naledi/naledi-dental-chipping-towle-2017.html 9 comments
- Features of the Grecian ape raise questions about early hominins http://johnhawks.net/weblog/fossils/miocene/graecopithecus/graecopithecus-fuss-2017.html 3 comments
- Should we move to a system where every scientist gives grant money away? http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/metascience/funding/bollen-grant-money-allocation-2017.html 46 comments
- Mushroom-munching poplar-popping Neandertals http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/diet/mushroom-neandertals-2017.html 12 comments
- Will virtual reality compete with museums or help them? http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/museums/virtual-reality-compete-museums-2016.html 13 comments
- Culture, mathematical models, and Neandertal extinction http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/demography/ecocultural-model-gilpin-2016.html 4 comments
- Somebody was on Sulawesi before 118,000 years ago http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/archaeology/early/indonesia/van-den-burgh-sulawesi-talepu-2016.html 2 comments
- Did humans approach the southern tip of South America more than 18k years ago? http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/archaeology/america/dillehay-monte-verde-2015.html 18 comments
- Is Homo naledi just a primitive version of Homo erectus? http://johnhawks.net/weblog/fossils/naledi/homo-naledi-homo-erectus-2015.html 6 comments
- The new skull from Dmanisi http://johnhawks.net/weblog/fossils/lower/dmanisi/d4500-lordkipanidze-2013.html 3 comments
- What the recent neandertal genome sequencing means to us http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/neandertal_dna/neandertals-live-genome-sequencing-2010.html 3 comments
- What color were Neandertals? Even with whole genomes, scientists can't say very precisely what pattern of skin, hair, and eye pigmentation was in ancient populations like the Neandertals https://johnhawks.net/weblog/what-color-were-neandertals/ 52 comments anthropology
- New techniques allowed mtDNA sequences to be recovered from >300,000 year old cave bear specimens in spain; previous ancient DNA reconstructions were limited to ~120,000 year old samples http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/genomics/non-primate/cave-bear-atapuerca-2013.html 11 comments science
- "So many journalists will just parrot press releases instead of asking relevant experts...You will notice how no other science writers with any Neandertal knowledge picked up this press release." --John Hawks http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/neandertals/neandertal_dna/neandertal-ancestry-iced-2012.html 18 comments science
- Language bootstrapping the brain http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/brain/language/bedny-blind-visual-cortex-language-2011.html 3 comments linguistics
- Human evolution has accelerated http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/evolution/selection/acceleration_embargo_ends_2007.html 5 comments reddit.com
- Top 5 scientists who made a difference in people's lives http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/meta/five_great_scientists_2007.html 16 comments science
- "Hmm... How will I explain this charge to Gretchen?" http://johnhawks.net/weblog/topics/humor/american_paypal_association_2006.html 6 comments reddit.com