Category Archives: Cultural Evolution

Evolutionary Anthropologist Awarded 2022 Nobel Prize for Studies of Extinct Human Ancestors

Posted on October 6, 2022 by Douglas J. Anderson

Svante Pääbo, Evolutionary Anthropologist, Geneticist, and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work on the DNA of extinct humans and human ancestors. Dr. Pääbo established the … Continue reading →

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Did Neanderthals Make Art?

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Douglas J. Anderson

I just read an opinion piece that appeared in an online publication Sapiens about Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) and whether they made art. I wanted to check out this article because I remember doing some research on Neanderthals … Continue reading →

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