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Dmanisi in the news

Wed, 2009-09-09 12:42 -- John Hawks

There are all kinds of stories in the British press today about Dmanisi. You'd think maybe this is because there's something new in Nature -- but no, they're all reporting on a talk given by David Lordkipanidze at the British Science Festival. (New Scientist's blog reports the talk.)

Cool stuff, but none of the accounts give any new informative details about the fossils.

If you're wanting more on Dmanisi, try:

News Flash: Dmanisi hominids were not short

An interview with Adam Van Arsdale

Hands down, palms forward

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.