Piltdown

Human origins science in 1925: the good, the bad, and the fake

As I look back at a sometimes-confusing picture of a science in its early days, I see some connections with today's landscape.

Jul 13, 2025 • John Hawks

The circumstances of the Taung discovery

The textbook story of the fossil leaves out a wider context in which scientists interpreted the first evidence of Australopithecus.

Feb 14, 2025 • John Hawks

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