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Daniel Biggs
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PhD student at the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University. Interested in hominin phylogenetics and the history of paleoanthropology.
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En 2022 escribí "Orozmani. Recordemos este nombre...". Se acaba de anunciar en prensa el hallazgo de una mandíbula. ¡Esperemos su publicación!
Jawbone discovery in Orozmani may belong to early Homo Erectus
Jawbone discovery in Orozmani may belong to early Homo Erectus - Georgia Today
Archaeologists in Orozmani have discovered a human lower jawbone that is believed to belong to an early Homo erectus. Excavations are actively underway at the Orozmani archaeological site. It was…
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August 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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#OnThisDay in 1936, Robert Broom visited South Africa's Sterkfontein Cave for the first time. He asked the quarry owner if they’d ever found “anything like the Taung skull,” the first Australopithecus. The owner’s reply: yep. 🏺🧪
August 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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100 years ago, the world was introduced to the southern ape from Africa: Australopithecus. My post on the cenTaungary*: paigemadison.substack.com/p/100-years-...
(*excellent pun courtesy of @tarquinhh.bsky.social)
January 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I am very proud of my PhD student Nick Rosas for successfully defending his dissertation proposal! Lots of cool research on Middle Miocene bovids biogeography and ecology coming soon!
January 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Princeton University Press Editorial Assistant (US - Remote/Hybrid) in anthropology, sociology, and religious studies.

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December 13, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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Chris Stringer & I have a paper in the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society (the typeset version will be available soon!)

It’s a perspective on species & speciation in paleoanthropology, with a particular focus on HS & Neanderthals.

#Homosapiens #Neanderthals @chrisbstringer.bsky.social
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Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Speciation Complexity in Palaeoanthropology
Abstract. Tracking the origins of new species and delimiting taxa across space and time present well-trodden sources of controversy for palaeoanthropology.
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December 5, 2024 at 1:38 PM