• Top Human Origins Discoveries of 2024

  • Dec 24 2024
  • Length: 37 mins
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Top Human Origins Discoveries of 2024

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  • 2024 was another amazing year in human origins research. In this episode, three Leakey Foundation grantees (and one podcast host) share their picks for the most exciting discoveries of the year.

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    All research articles are open-access and free to read

    On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes

    Why don’t humans have tails? Scientists find answers in an unlikely place

    Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction

    Meet Thorin: A cave-dwelling population of Neanderthals isolated for 50,000 years

    Recurrent evolution and selection shape structural diversity at the amylase locus

    How early humans evolved to eat starch

    Footprint evidence for locomotor diversity and shared habitats among early Pleistocene hominins

    Fossilized footprints reveal two extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago
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