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John Hawks

John Hawks

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Aug 6, 2023

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.

Vivid brown eyes of a mountain gorilla

John Hawks

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Feb 3, 2023

When did our ancestors start looking up to the stars?

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

When did our ancestors start looking up to the stars?

John Hawks

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Jul 5, 2020

Neanderthals and Covid-19, beyond the hype

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

Neanderthals and Covid-19, beyond the hype

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John Hawks

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Jun 24, 2019

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

Are Millennials Really Growing Horns From Using Their Phones?

John Hawks

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Jan 4, 2019

Three big insights into our African origins

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

Three big insights into our African origins

John Hawks

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Sep 2, 2018

The man who tried to catalog humanity

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

The man who tried to catalog humanity

John Hawks

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Jun 28, 2018

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

This is where scientists may find the next hobbits

John Hawks

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Dec 13, 2017

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

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

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

John Hawks

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Sep 29, 2017

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.

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

John Hawks

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Sep 11, 2017

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

Renewed excavations in the Rising Star cave

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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