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- Sep 6, 2022

Controversy over Sahelanthropus

In Chapter five we discuss Sahelnthropus tchadensis, touted as the first member of the Hominid tribe to walk upright. New research disputes that conclusion and has erupted into quite a controversy! But, of course, doesn't really impact our main discussion about the importance to music of the transitions to habitually walking-and running-upright. Here's the lay article: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/03/oldest-human-or-just-another-ape-row-erupts-over-7m-year-old-fossil, and another article from Science News with additional citations: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earliest-known-hominid-limb-fossils-sahelanthropus-tchadensis.

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A prehistoric whodunnit!

It's long been argued that one of the major evolutionary developments attributed solely to the Homo genus is the development of tools, the Oldowan tools serving as a prime exhibit. But new excavations

Humans are the only species that can choke on their food?

In chapter 5 we discuss the advantages for speech and singing provide by the descended larynx in humans. An oft made observation that comes along with this, is that humans are the only species that ca

The ancestor to all hominins had a ‘mosaic’ of ape and human brain features

Interesting artcile about new research on the Australopithecan brain: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/the-ancestor-to-all-hominins-had-a-mosaic-of-ape-and-human-brain-features/

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