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John Hawks

Tracing the genetic histories of ghost apes

The footprints of extinct lineages are the closest we have to a fossil record of the African apes.

13 min readAug 6, 2023

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Vivid brown eyes of a mountain gorilla

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When did our ancestors start looking up to the stars?

The sky connection may go back much further than our species.

8 min readFeb 3, 2023

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When did our ancestors start looking up to the stars?

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Neanderthals and Covid-19, beyond the hype

What a gene discovery means to understanding the biology of this pandemic

12 min readJul 5, 2020

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Neanderthals and Covid-19, beyond the hype

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Are Millennials Really Growing Horns From Using Their Phones?

Technology really is changing people, but beware of stories that seem too weird to be real

6 min readJun 24, 2019

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Are Millennials Really Growing Horns From Using Their Phones?

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Three big insights into our African origins

Fossil and ancient DNA discoveries are revising our ideas about our species’ beginnings in Africa.

20 min readJan 4, 2019

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Three big insights into our African origins

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The man who tried to catalog humanity

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza chased Darwin’s dream of a tree of humankind

15 min readSep 2, 2018

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The man who tried to catalog humanity

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This is where scientists may find the next hobbits

New discoveries in the Philippines suggest that the mysterious Homo floresiensis may have been far from alone

8 min readJun 28, 2018

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This is where scientists may find the next hobbits

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Will the “most complete skeleton ever” transform human origins?

The public unveiling of a remarkable discovery highlights new potential in a changing science

6 min readDec 13, 2017

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Will the “most complete skeleton ever” transform human origins?

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What we’ve learned from the Rising Star cave system this month

A possible hominin skeleton emerges, and the team finds fossils in unexpected places.

12 min readSep 29, 2017

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What we’ve learned from the Rising Star cave system this month

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Renewed excavations in the Rising Star cave

More remains of Homo naledi and evidence about how the bones may have entered the cave may be on the way

7 min readSep 11, 2017

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Renewed excavations in the Rising Star cave

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John Hawks

John Hawks

Paleoanthropologist. I study human evolution and work to understand the fossil and genetic evidence of our hominin ancestors.

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