@ChrisStringer65

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nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/chris-stringer.html
Joined March 2013
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How Humans Really Evolved From Africa youtu.be/EeZpp4mxfNQ?is=HOIK… via @YouTube

Shocking New DNA Study: How Humans Really Evolved From Africa

Professor Chris Stringer is on the Ancients podcast to talk about r...

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Mammoth bones at a 32,000-year-old camp in Germany suggest Stone Age hunters took down live giants archaeologymag.com/2026/10/m…

Mammoth bones at a 32,000-year-old camp in Germany suggest Stone Age hunters took down live giants...

Mammoth bone piles unearthed at Breitenbach in Germany hint that Stone Age hunters killed live mammoths for food and ivory.

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This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory | Science | AAAS science.org/content/article/…

This comic book artist is drawing women into prehistory

Science chats with illustrator Ulli Lust, whose work is countering ice age gender myths

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Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution theconversation.com/unlockin…

Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution

Most of what we knew about early modern humans has been turned upside down in the past two decades – and many more questions remain.

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Non-adaptive evolutionary forces predominantly shape nucleotide composition near human transcription start sites journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…

Non-adaptive evolutionary forces predominantly shape nucleotide composition near human transcript...

Mutation rates vary across human genes, but how fine scale mutational patterns influence gene evolution is poorly understood. This study shows that hypermutation at transcription start sites,...

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Scientists discover a surprising secret behind the human brain’s wrinkles sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Scientists discover a surprising secret behind the human brain’s wrinkles

Scientists have discovered why common marmosets have unusually small, smooth brains despite starting development much like other primates. The secret lies in subtle changes to brain-building cells...

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Our Slow Development Is Key to Human Uniqueness psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

Our Slow Development Is Key to Human Uniqueness

A baby giraffe walks within an hour of birth, while human newborns can barely lift their heads. Neuroscience suggests that early helplessness is the secret to human brilliance.

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Upper Palaeolithic mariners? Evaluating experimental evidence for intentional early seafaring | Antiquity cup.org/4yUT0sF

Upper Palaeolithic mariners? Evaluating experimental evidence for intentional early seafaring |...

Upper Palaeolithic mariners? Evaluating experimental evidence for intentional early seafaring

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Very useful review of Chinese palaeoanthropology by C. Bae..scholar.google.com/citations…

Discussion on the major topics in Chinese paleoanthropology

CJ Bae, YY Chen, Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2026

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Interhemispheric monsoon dynamics over the past 450,000 years (paywalled) nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Interhemispheric monsoon dynamics over the past 450,000 years

Nature - A 450 ka Andean speleothem record shows Southern and Northern Hemisphere monsoons generally vary out of phase, but occasionally synchronize during rapid climate change and glacial...

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Overlooked brown fat in our bodies linked to wide range of health benefits nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Overlooked brown fat in our bodies linked to wide range of health benefits

Nature - Massive study of more than 100,000 people finds surprising connection between ‘good’ body fat and improved mental health.

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#FossilFriday Distinctive shapes in side view.Top left to bottom left: Sangiran 17 H. erectus, Kabwe original, modern H. sapiens, La Ferrassie Neanderthal @NHM_Anthro
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If humans went extinct, this is what would happen to life on Earth, according to scientists. Climate change is causing a mass extinction that may eliminate our species. But if we disappear could Mother Nature eventually recover?discoverwildlife.com/animal-…

Scientists predict what would happen to the Earth if humans went extinct

Climate change is causing a mass extinction that may eliminate our species. But if we disappear could Mother Nature eventually recover?

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Zeke Darwin
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Human Evolution & Our Origins in Africa | My thoughts on the most recent preprint
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Non-adaptive evolutionary forces predominantly shape nucleotide composition near human transcription start sites journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…

Non-adaptive evolutionary forces predominantly shape nucleotide composition near human transcript...

Mutation rates vary across human genes, but how fine scale mutational patterns influence gene evolution is poorly understood. This study shows that hypermutation at transcription start sites,...

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Scientists discover a surprising secret behind the human brain’s wrinkles sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Scientists discover a surprising secret behind the human brain’s wrinkles

Scientists have discovered why common marmosets have unusually small, smooth brains despite starting development much like other primates. The secret lies in subtle changes to brain-building cells...

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Our Slow Development Is Key to Human Uniqueness psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…

Our Slow Development Is Key to Human Uniqueness

A baby giraffe walks within an hour of birth, while human newborns can barely lift their heads. Neuroscience suggests that early helplessness is the secret to human brilliance.

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Natural History Museum
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If these dinosaurs look a little odd, it’s because they were made before the Museum was open! 🦖 These are miniature models of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, which were created when very little was known about these beasts. Have you heard of them before?
A display case with two miniature dinosaur models inside.

ALT A display case with two miniature dinosaur models inside.

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Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution theconversation.com/unlockin…

Unlocking the secrets of the ‘Dragon Man’ skull – and what it reveals about human evolution

Most of what we knew about early modern humans has been turned upside down in the past two decades – and many more questions remain.

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Harvesting knives in Neolithic East Asia sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Foraging in island rainforests during the Last Glacial Maximum: chronostratigraphic, zooarchaeological, and technological evidence from Biak Island, Indonesian Papua sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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