Hominin History Articles
Source-backed deep-dives on the species, fossil sites and science of human evolution — newest first. 81 articles and counting.
Why I Built Hominin History
Black bears and arrowheads in the Carolina woods, the last wild red wolves on the coast, Lucy in New York, and a wall of 404 dire wolf skulls at the La Brea Tar Pits — the personal journey that turned into this site.
About the author →Yamnaya: The Steppe Herders Who Remade Europe’s DNA
A 75% ancestry shift, 216 genomes in our atlas and a fierce argument about language. How herders from the steppe rewrote the genetic map of Europe.
October 3, 2026 · 7 min readDNA & GeneticsCheddar Man: What His DNA Really Says About His Skin
A 2 mm hole in a 10,000-year-old skull, a forensic skin test built on living people and a headline that outran the science. What Cheddar Man’s genome can and can’t say.
October 3, 2026 · 7 min readHuman MigrationEarly European Farmers: The Anatolian DNA Trail
Twenty-one genomes from one Turkish mound, a chain of DNA from Germany to the Aegean and a debate settled after a century. Where Europe’s first farmers came from.
October 3, 2026 · 6 min readHuman MigrationMal’ta Boy: The Ice Age Child Linking Europe and America
An arm bone in a St Petersburg museum, a Siberian child with European-linked DNA and a share of Native American ancestry. Why MA-1 surprised everyone.
October 3, 2026 · 7 min readDNA & GeneticsUst’-Ishim Man: The 45,000-Year-Old Genome From Siberia
A thigh bone eroding from a Siberian riverbank, a genome read 42 times over and Neanderthal segments long enough to tell time. What Ust’-Ishim man revealed.
October 3, 2026 · 6 min readFamous FossilsToumaï Skull: The 7-Million-Year-Old Bipedalism Fight
A crushed skull on a Chadian dune, a thigh bone nobody noticed for three years and six papers that disagree. Did Sahelanthropus really walk upright?
October 3, 2026 · 7 min readFamous FossilsLaetoli Footprints: 3.66-Million-Year-Old Walkers
Seventy prints in hardened ash, a newly found trail made by a 1.65-metre giant and a disputed second species. What the Laetoli tracks really record.
October 3, 2026 · 7 min readSpecies ProfileAustralopithecus sediba: Ancestor of Homo or Side Branch?
A 420 cc brain, a Homo-like hand and a strange inward-rolling walk. Why the Malapa skeletons divide researchers over the origin of Homo.
October 3, 2026 · 7 min readAbove are the eight most recent posts. The full collection of 81 articles — searchable and filterable by topic — lives in the archive.