by Paige Madison | Nov 21, 2017 | History of Science
Human evolution was a pretty crazy event (or series of events, specifically). One can’t help but wonder, how did a group of tree-dwelling apes evolve into the large-brained, upright walking creatures we see dominating the planet today? On a related...
by Paige Madison | Jun 8, 2017 | History of Science
It’s no secret that I am fascinated by the fossils of human ancestors. I’ve written about fossils’ beauty, their strange stories, and the ways they make us question our ideas about who we are and where we came from. Despite my arguments, people often...
by Paige Madison | May 25, 2017 | History of Science
Hesperopithecus, wikicommons In 1922, scientists announced the discovery of a “remarkable tooth” from a Nebraskan hillside. This tooth had the potential to change the story of the human past, scientists argued. The president of the American Natural History...
by Paige Madison | Mar 31, 2017 | History of Science
The story of an unexpected hobbit discovery on the Indonesian island of Flores is fairly well known (and if you don’t know it, check out my post on the discovery). A team of interdisciplinary scientists led by archaeologists Raden Panji Soejono and Mike Morwood...
by Paige Madison | Mar 6, 2017 | History of Science
There’s a moment, I’ve realized, for each scientist I study, when they transform from an abstract, historical figure into a human being. This character-to-human transition happens quickly, and the shift is striking—as if they’ve transcended the two dimensional world...
by Paige Madison | Feb 12, 2017 | History of Science
The world Charles Darwin was born into on February 12, 1809, would be almost entirely unrecognizable to us today. Bicycles had yet to be invented, steam engines were just beginning to appear, and slavery was commonly practiced in both England and the United States....
