Chris Stringer
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
Palaeoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum London.
Posts are my own, and when I repost or like, it does not signify I necessarily agree with all content https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/chris-stringer.html
Posts are my own, and when I repost or like, it does not signify I necessarily agree with all content https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/chris-stringer.html
New Scientist interview me about Denisovans, Dragon Man and Yunxian youtube.com/watch?v=i3zq...
Where Are the Denisovans? The Answer is in our DNA
YouTube video by New Scientist
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January 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
New Scientist interview me about Denisovans, Dragon Man and Yunxian youtube.com/watch?v=i3zq...
My thoughts on new human fossils from Thomas Quarry 1, Morocco
January 7, 2026 at 4:04 PM
My thoughts on new human fossils from Thomas Quarry 1, Morocco
‘The human origin story is complex. So why not join us in our latest YouTube livestream as we explore how homo sapiens ended up colonising the planet and reveal our distant relatives’
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Everything We Know About Our Human Origins
YouTube video by New Scientist
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December 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
‘The human origin story is complex. So why not join us in our latest YouTube livestream as we explore how homo sapiens ended up colonising the planet and reveal our distant relatives’
youtube.com/live/QmCBmWf...
youtube.com/live/QmCBmWf...
"Earliest evidence of making fire" - full-text view-only version of the Nature paper, using the link below.
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Earliest evidence of making fire
Nature - Baked sediment, heat-shattered artefacts and introduced pyrite in a 400,000-year-old Palaeolithic occupation site in Suffolk, UK provide evidence of intentional fire-making, marking a...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Earliest evidence of making fire" - full-text view-only version of the Nature paper, using the link below.
rdcu.be/eT4WI
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Reposted by Chris Stringer
2/2 This grew out of years of conversations I've had with some of the most thoughtful scholars on the matter, including @chrisbstringer.bsky.social , @cecileduflot.bsky.social , @vivek123.bsky.social , @lukegldng.bsky.social + the Origins of Humankind with @anthropogeny.org
Grateful to all !🙏
Grateful to all !🙏
The Origins of Humankind
Where do we really come from?
onhumans.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
2/2 This grew out of years of conversations I've had with some of the most thoughtful scholars on the matter, including @chrisbstringer.bsky.social , @cecileduflot.bsky.social , @vivek123.bsky.social , @lukegldng.bsky.social + the Origins of Humankind with @anthropogeny.org
Grateful to all !🙏
Grateful to all !🙏
And many thanks to @dremmabird.bsky.social for help with this!
Yunxian does not disprove Out of Africa youtu.be/jA1I66ghcSw
Yunxian does not disprove a Recent African Origin for Homo sapiens
YouTube video by Chris Stringer
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November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
And many thanks to @dremmabird.bsky.social for help with this!
Yunxian does not disprove Out of Africa youtu.be/jA1I66ghcSw
Yunxian does not disprove a Recent African Origin for Homo sapiens
YouTube video by Chris Stringer
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yunxian does not disprove Out of Africa youtu.be/jA1I66ghcSw
Reposted by Chris Stringer
Thanks for organizing this talk, @radicalanthro.bsky.social. Always fascinating to listen to @chrisbstringer.bsky.social & think about the complexities Chris touched on in his talk
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thanks for organizing this talk, @radicalanthro.bsky.social. Always fascinating to listen to @chrisbstringer.bsky.social & think about the complexities Chris touched on in his talk
Reposted by Chris Stringer
A recording of the 2023 Huxley Lecture 🏺🧪
given by Huxley Memorial Medal winner
Prof Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
is now available from the RAI
youtu.be/0O6l-PjMgBs
given by Huxley Memorial Medal winner
Prof Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
is now available from the RAI
youtu.be/0O6l-PjMgBs
Huxley Lecture 2023 - Prof Chris Stringer
THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE 2023 - Prof Chris StringerTitle: Mostly Out of Africa: how, when and where Held on Tuesday 7 November 2023 at the Natural History...
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November 8, 2023 at 9:04 PM
A recording of the 2023 Huxley Lecture 🏺🧪
given by Huxley Memorial Medal winner
Prof Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
is now available from the RAI
youtu.be/0O6l-PjMgBs
given by Huxley Memorial Medal winner
Prof Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
is now available from the RAI
youtu.be/0O6l-PjMgBs
Hybrid event UCL 11 Nov 2025, 18:30. New evidence from China helps to clarify the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution Tickets, Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-f...
Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution
World-leading fossil expert Chris Stringer guides us through latest evidence on fossils, Denisovans and DNA from China
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hybrid event UCL 11 Nov 2025, 18:30. New evidence from China helps to clarify the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
Reposted by Chris Stringer
Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution Tickets, Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-f...
Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution
World-leading fossil expert Chris Stringer guides us through latest evidence on fossils, Denisovans and DNA from China
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution Tickets, Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-f...
Reposted by Chris Stringer
Some additional thoughts on Yunxian, Homo longi, Denisovans and the origin of Homo sapiens
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Some additional thoughts on Yunxian, Homo longi, Denisovans and the origin of Homo sapiens
Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution Tickets, Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-f...
Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution
World-leading fossil expert Chris Stringer guides us through latest evidence on fossils, Denisovans and DNA from China
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Evidence from China clarifies the 'muddle in the middle' of human evolution Tickets, Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-f...
Reposted by Chris Stringer
Some additional thoughts on Yunxian, Homo longi, Denisovans and the origin of Homo sapiens
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Some additional thoughts on Yunxian, Homo longi, Denisovans and the origin of Homo sapiens
Morphobank
morphobank.org
October 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Reposted by Chris Stringer
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans
Diverse forms of Homo coexisted during the Middle Pleistocene. Whether these fossil humans represent different species or clades is debated. The ~1-million-year-old Yunxian 2 fossil from China is impo...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Chris Stringer
My explainer about the Yunxian 2 study
September 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My explainer about the Yunxian 2 study
Reposted by Chris Stringer
#FossilFriday Replicas of Yunxian 2 reconstruction (L) and Sangiran 17 Homo erectus from Java. Our research indicates that Yunxian is not an erectus, but is an early member of the group containing Homo longi, other Chinese fossils, and Denisovan material
September 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#FossilFriday Replicas of Yunxian 2 reconstruction (L) and Sangiran 17 Homo erectus from Java. Our research indicates that Yunxian is not an erectus, but is an early member of the group containing Homo longi, other Chinese fossils, and Denisovan material
Reposted by Chris Stringer
#FossilFriday Replicas of Yunxian 2 reconstruction (L) and Sangiran 17 Homo erectus from Java. Our research indicates that Yunxian is not an erectus, but is an early member of the group containing Homo longi, other Chinese fossils, and Denisovan material
September 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#FossilFriday Replicas of Yunxian 2 reconstruction (L) and Sangiran 17 Homo erectus from Java. Our research indicates that Yunxian is not an erectus, but is an early member of the group containing Homo longi, other Chinese fossils, and Denisovan material
Reposted by Chris Stringer
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans 🏺🧪
Xiaobo Feng, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social et al
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Morphometric and phylogenetic analyses suggest it is an early member of H. longi clade, which includes Denisovans
Xiaobo Feng, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social et al
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Morphometric and phylogenetic analyses suggest it is an early member of H. longi clade, which includes Denisovans
September 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The phylogenetic position of the Yunxian cranium elucidates the origin of Homo longi and the Denisovans 🏺🧪
Xiaobo Feng, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social et al
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Morphometric and phylogenetic analyses suggest it is an early member of H. longi clade, which includes Denisovans
Xiaobo Feng, @chrisbstringer.bsky.social et al
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Morphometric and phylogenetic analyses suggest it is an early member of H. longi clade, which includes Denisovans