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Sketchbook

Sun, 2009-05-24 16:02 -- John Hawks

Today's sketchbook:

The Termineander

The Termineander

I took this on at the suggestion of a reader.

Yes, it's a Geico caveman morphed into the ultimate robot assassin from the future. Well, you were wondering how they got all those cranial wounds, weren't you?

Yes, by drawing a robot in colored pencils, I have become the ultimate high school art geek.

No, I don't suppose "Neandernator" works quite as well.

Neandertals

For years, I've worked on their bones. Now I'm working on their genes. Read more about the science studying these ancient people.

Denisova

From a finger bone of an ancient human came the record of a completely unexpected population. My lab is working on the science of the Denisova genome.

Acceleration

The advent of agriculture caused natural selection to speed up greatly in humans. We're uncovering some of the ways that populations have rapidly changed during the last 10,000 years.

Malapa

Just outside Johannesburg, the Malapa site is producing some of the most exciting finds in human evolution. This site is the headquarters of the Malapa Soft Tissue Project.