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A Human Evolution Extravaganza
January 21st, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 14 mins
anatomy, anthropology, bipedalism, denisovan, evolution, human evolution, human origins, laetoli, neanderthal, sapiens, scicomm, science, smithsonian, smithsonian institution, walking
This week we have a human evolution double feature. First, special guest hosts Dr. Briana Pobiner from the Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program and Ryan McRae from The George Washington University talk about the biggest discoveries from 2021 in human evolution. Next up, the former guest turned returning champion Dr. Ellie McNutt returns to talk about her recent work at our favorite paleo pathway in Laetoli Tanzania. Also, be sure to check out our website, scinight.com, for tons of links to learn more about alllll the stuff covered in this episode
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First Steps Featuring: Jeremy DeSilva
April 30th, 2021 | Season 2 | 47 mins 26 secs
anatomy, anthropology, bipedalism, evolution, scicomm, science, walking
What does it mean to be bipedal? How do we know what we know about this process in our own human lineage? How important is the continued reevaluation of fossil remains, and old hypotheses? To help answer these questions, we have the author of the new book First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human, Jeremy DeSilva