@sethchagi
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The myth of genetic isolation is washing away. ๐ Neandertal ancestry isn't just for Eurasiaโthe "Returning Tide" shows it flowed back into Africa far more than we realized.
Check out the latest from WOPA on Substack:
deephistory.substack.com/p/the-return...
#HumanOrigins #Neandertal #DeepHistory
Research has overturned the "Neanderthal-free" Africa trope. Sub-Saharan Africans carry ~0.3% Neanderthal DNA, largely due to back-migrations from Eurasia (Chen et al., 2020).
Our deep history is a series of loops, not just exits. ๐๐งฌ
#Paleoanthropology #WOPA #Science
A golden statue in which Trump & Epstein pose as Jack & Rose from the film Titanic. This is by the anonymous Washington DC collective The Secret Handshake.
TY @chaserbaybe.bsky.social ๐
Secret Handshake has a new Trump/Epstein statue on the National Mall.
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To think MAGA was out here clutching pearls over whether someone might buy candy, cookies, or soda with food assistance, while so many bigger issues go untouched.
As a congressman, Markwayne Mullin made not one but two solo trips to Afghanistan, ignoring State Department warnings so he could play action hero.
Heโs a former amateur MMA fighter, not a veteran.
If heโd been captured or injured, American troops wouldโve had to risk their lives to bail him out.
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today.
Active Voting Rights Cases: 167
Active Redistricting Cases: 50
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 91
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32
www.democracydocket.com
Wait... was the first "human" walk actually a European stroll? ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ช๐บ
Graecopithecus is back in the news and weโre having a "root" canal crisis (literally, itโs about the teeth). ๐ฆท
Check out why the Balkans might be the original "Cradle":
open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
๐ฆด A 7.2-million-year-old femur from Bulgaria is reigniting the "Graecopithecus" debate. Weโre looking past the headlines at the actual dental and biomechanical evidence.
Read the full deep dive on Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Paleoanthropology #DeepHistory #WOPA
Early Neanderthals walked into this cave, went three football fields into the earth, created 15-foot-wide bubbles of rock, lit and tended small fires upon them. Then they left.
This unique find has implications for how we underestimate many past peoples.
www.johnhawks.net/p/a-look-at-...
Trump has a new fetish. He guesses people's shoe sizes in front of them, asks an aide to place an order, and a week later a brown Florsheim box arrives at the White House โ sometimes signed by Trump with a note of gratitude. www.rawstory.com/trump-gifts/
We know it was N men and Hs women who produced fertile offspring, hence their genetic legacy. Doesn't mean that N women didn't fancy Hs men, only that the pairing didn't produce an enduring genetic signal.
#BREAKING: Trump Seems Okay With Russia Giving Intel To Iran To Find And Kill U.S. Troops In The Middle East๐ท๐บ๐บ๐ธ
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Little Foot gets a digital upgrade! ๐ฃ Wits University just released an 8K reconstruction of the 90%-complete Australopithecus. Using synchrotron tech, theyโve revealed facial features hidden by rock for 3.7 million years. This is the new gold standard for fossil research. #DeepHistory
Prehistoric love was a ONE-WAY STREET.
New evidence proves it was Neanderthal men and Homo sapiens women who were the "It Couple" of deep history. WOPAโs Seth Chagi explains why this specific match shaped our genetics and social history.
open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#AncientDNA #ScienceNews
Paleolithic love was a one-way street. โค๏ธโ๐ฅ New data confirms Neanderthal men & Sapiens women were the primary pair.
The 62% "smoking gun" explained on Substack: ๐
open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Science #WOPA
Boomerang made from mammoth tusk with 5 cm scale
A boomerang made from mammoth ivory, from Obลazowa Cave, Poland. Dating to around 40,000 years ago, the object was shaped and well-used, with signs of polish in the areas where a right-handed person would have handled and thrown it.
Photo: Sahra Talamo and coworkers (2025, scale=5cm)
Saw another article today headlined, "The Real Paleo Diet". Is there any more hackneyed concept at this point? Do people still click on this?
Ethics in Paleoanthropology ๐ฆด
Human remains are ancestors, not just objects of study. Ethical research prioritizes dignity, provenance, and repatriation.
We prefer โdeep historyโ over โprehistoricโ because it centers the human experience.
What are your thoughts on displaying remains in museums? ๐๏ธ๐
Meet "Dragon Man." ๐ฒ
Is this massive cranium from Harbin, China, a closer relative to us than Neanderthals? Explore the science behind Homo longi and the shifting branches of our family tree in this new deep dive into our deep history.
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
Very important essay from @zacharydubois.bsky.social @jaepuckett.bsky.social & Noelle Martin-- "Invalidating someoneโs identification documents has immediate and powerful consequences that cascade into all aspects of their life." theconversation.com/kansas-revok...
Rock art: The original GPS? ๐บ๏ธ
In deep history, symbolic marks were more than just artโthey were data. They mapped resources and paths across landscapes, serving as a survival tool for our ancestors.
Read the latest on the Substack:
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#Paleoanthropology #RockArt
Rock art = The Original GPS. ๐ฟ๐บ๏ธ
Forget "pretty pictures"โthis was high-stakes data storage. From marking water to tracking game, rock art served as a "distributed memory system" for our ancestors.
Read the new post: open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#DeepHistory #WOPA
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Our 2025-26 Review is LIVE!
๐จ 67k-year-old art in Indonesia
๐งถ Homo habilis "The Weaver" skeletal reveal
๐๏ธ Neanderthal tar-ovens in Gibraltar
The story of us is bushier (and cooler) than ever.
Watch: youtu.be/G_VfohILmi0
#PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #Science
Exciting news from Rowtor, Derbyshire! Anna Clark discovered rare animal engravings in early 2025, verified by experts. The figures include a female cervid with her calf and an extinct aurochs. These finds hint at a deep Mesolithic connection, beyond the famous Bronze Age art. #RockArt
I'm pretty excited about a new study of the African influence on Neanderthal X chromosomes. It's because a pattern of dispersal of early modern people based on matrilineal kin networks makes a lot of sense.
www.johnhawks.net/p/matrilinea...
Were Neanderthals the first curators? ๐ฆด Evidence shows they collected rare fossils & crystals with no survival use. This points to a deep aesthetic & symbolic life.
Dive into the anthropic collections of our cousins: open.substack.com/pub/deephist...
#Paleoanthropology #DeepHistory
The Season 4 Finale of the #PaleoPostPodcast is LIVE! ๐ฆดโจ
Thank you for waiting for this one! Weโre wrapping up an incredible season with a deep dive into the latest in human origins. ๐
Watch the finale here: youtu.be/G_VfohILmi0?...
#WOPA #HumanOrigins #DeepHistory
๐ฆด The Homo naledi debate is still ROARING.
Was it intentional burial and rock art, or just natural cave accumulation? The gap between "Cave of Bones" and recent peer-reviewed critiques is wide.
Where do you land?
๐ฅ Revolution in behavior?
๐ง Need more data?
#WOPA #Paleoanthropology #HumanOrigins
