Chris Stringer
@chrisbstringer.bsky.social
Palaeoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum London.
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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/...
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My explainer about the Yunxian 2 study
September 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My explainer about the Yunxian 2 study
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#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
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#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
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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
Reposted by Chris Stringer
#Yunxian 🏺🧪
Reconstruction of Yunxian 2, identified as an early member of the Homo longi (Dragon Man) lineage.
This group also contains other Chinese and Denisovan fossils. Phylogenetic analyses suggest heidelbergensis, neanderthalensis, sapiens and longi lineages all originated more than 1 mya.
Reconstruction of Yunxian 2, identified as an early member of the Homo longi (Dragon Man) lineage.
This group also contains other Chinese and Denisovan fossils. Phylogenetic analyses suggest heidelbergensis, neanderthalensis, sapiens and longi lineages all originated more than 1 mya.
I discuss the ~1 million year old Yunxian cranium.. youtu.be/YmtjPnuaUro?...
Chris Stringer discusses the 1 million year old Yunxian cranium
YouTube video by Chris Stringer
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#Yunxian 🏺🧪
Reconstruction of Yunxian 2, identified as an early member of the Homo longi (Dragon Man) lineage.
This group also contains other Chinese and Denisovan fossils. Phylogenetic analyses suggest heidelbergensis, neanderthalensis, sapiens and longi lineages all originated more than 1 mya.
Reconstruction of Yunxian 2, identified as an early member of the Homo longi (Dragon Man) lineage.
This group also contains other Chinese and Denisovan fossils. Phylogenetic analyses suggest heidelbergensis, neanderthalensis, sapiens and longi lineages all originated more than 1 mya.
Reposted by Chris Stringer
Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens Origins By 400,000 Years www.iflscience.com/million-year...
Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals Homo Sapiens Are Nearly Twice As Old As We Thought
And our ancestors may have originated outside of Africa.
www.iflscience.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens Origins By 400,000 Years www.iflscience.com/million-year...
Reposted by Chris Stringer
I discuss the ~1 million year old Yunxian cranium.. youtu.be/YmtjPnuaUro?...
Chris Stringer discusses the 1 million year old Yunxian cranium
YouTube video by Chris Stringer
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I discuss the ~1 million year old Yunxian cranium.. youtu.be/YmtjPnuaUro?...
Reposted by Chris Stringer
#Yunxian 🏺🧪
Discovered in Hubei Province in 1990, Yunxian 2 skull has been at the center of a taxonomic confusion for the past 35 years
Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens' Origins By 400,000 Years
www.iflscience.com/million-year...
With comments by @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
Discovered in Hubei Province in 1990, Yunxian 2 skull has been at the center of a taxonomic confusion for the past 35 years
Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens' Origins By 400,000 Years
www.iflscience.com/million-year...
With comments by @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#Yunxian 🏺🧪
Discovered in Hubei Province in 1990, Yunxian 2 skull has been at the center of a taxonomic confusion for the past 35 years
Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens' Origins By 400,000 Years
www.iflscience.com/million-year...
With comments by @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
Discovered in Hubei Province in 1990, Yunxian 2 skull has been at the center of a taxonomic confusion for the past 35 years
Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens' Origins By 400,000 Years
www.iflscience.com/million-year...
With comments by @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
Reposted by Chris Stringer
#ESHE2025
Antonietta del Bove ‘Dusting off the oldest fossils: a re-examination of the temporal bone from Castel di Guido (Italy)’
~400 Ka; amazing fauna, Acheulean lithics & bone tools
Homs: 7 MNI.
Temporal bone: GMM; affs to NEA & SH (inclination of mastoid & zygoma) – but not clearly either
Antonietta del Bove ‘Dusting off the oldest fossils: a re-examination of the temporal bone from Castel di Guido (Italy)’
~400 Ka; amazing fauna, Acheulean lithics & bone tools
Homs: 7 MNI.
Temporal bone: GMM; affs to NEA & SH (inclination of mastoid & zygoma) – but not clearly either
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#ESHE2025
Antonietta del Bove ‘Dusting off the oldest fossils: a re-examination of the temporal bone from Castel di Guido (Italy)’
~400 Ka; amazing fauna, Acheulean lithics & bone tools
Homs: 7 MNI.
Temporal bone: GMM; affs to NEA & SH (inclination of mastoid & zygoma) – but not clearly either
Antonietta del Bove ‘Dusting off the oldest fossils: a re-examination of the temporal bone from Castel di Guido (Italy)’
~400 Ka; amazing fauna, Acheulean lithics & bone tools
Homs: 7 MNI.
Temporal bone: GMM; affs to NEA & SH (inclination of mastoid & zygoma) – but not clearly either
Reposted by Chris Stringer
#ESHE2025
Flavien Gomez ‘ Reassessing the Montmaurin-La Nice mandible: divergent phylogenetic signals and implications for hominin diversity during MIS 7’
ASUDAS to score teeth & mand traits; 20 fossils, 4 spp, 14 arch sites. Montmaurin: eNea affs, sp dentally (mands > primitive)
Flavien Gomez ‘ Reassessing the Montmaurin-La Nice mandible: divergent phylogenetic signals and implications for hominin diversity during MIS 7’
ASUDAS to score teeth & mand traits; 20 fossils, 4 spp, 14 arch sites. Montmaurin: eNea affs, sp dentally (mands > primitive)
September 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#ESHE2025
Flavien Gomez ‘ Reassessing the Montmaurin-La Nice mandible: divergent phylogenetic signals and implications for hominin diversity during MIS 7’
ASUDAS to score teeth & mand traits; 20 fossils, 4 spp, 14 arch sites. Montmaurin: eNea affs, sp dentally (mands > primitive)
Flavien Gomez ‘ Reassessing the Montmaurin-La Nice mandible: divergent phylogenetic signals and implications for hominin diversity during MIS 7’
ASUDAS to score teeth & mand traits; 20 fossils, 4 spp, 14 arch sites. Montmaurin: eNea affs, sp dentally (mands > primitive)
My explainer about the Yunxian 2 study
September 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My explainer about the Yunxian 2 study
I discuss the ~1 million year old Yunxian cranium.. youtu.be/YmtjPnuaUro?...
Chris Stringer discusses the 1 million year old Yunxian cranium
YouTube video by Chris Stringer
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I discuss the ~1 million year old Yunxian cranium.. youtu.be/YmtjPnuaUro?...