by David Tollen | Jun 11, 2017 | Human Origins & the Paleolithic
Anthropologists recently made a fascinating discovery: Homo sapiens fossils found in Morocco date back 300,000 years. Until about a week ago, we thought our species reaches back only 200,000 years. The extra hundred grand opens up all kinds of possibilities for how...
by David Tollen | Sep 1, 2015 | Human Origins & the Paleolithic, History General
I recently read a fascinating explanation for human conduct. We’re cruel because we made an unusually fast jump from mid-level predator to top predator, quite recently in evolutionary terms, and we’re still not secure in our position. The suggestion comes...
