by Paige Madison | Aug 30, 2018 | In the News
The controversial ancient hominin remains of Homo floresiensis have only been found at one site: the cave known as Liang Bua. The cave, located on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores, is a pretty fascinating and magical place. As some of you know, I have visited...
by Paige Madison | Jun 15, 2018 | In the News
Joachim Neander was a 17th-century Calvinist theologian who often hiked through a valley outside Düsseldorf, Germany, writing hymns. Neander understood everything around him as a manifestation of the Lord’s will and work. There was no room in his worldview for...
by Paige Madison | Jun 15, 2018 | In the News
Paige Madison, a PhD candidate studying the history of paleoanthropology at the Center for Biology and Society, has spent the last few months conducting dissertation research. In August 2016, Madison received a grant funded by the John Templeton Foundation, titled...
by Paige Madison | Jun 15, 2018 | In the News
This talk examples two episodes in the history of human palaeontology in which scientists promoted an idea that good science is public facing science, the Taung Child discovered in 1925 and the Homo naledi remains found in 2013. In both the cases, researchers...
by Paige Madison | Jun 11, 2018 | In the News
“This was one of the pioneering works in the history of paleoanthropology,” explains Madison. “Huxley’s argumentative strategy is wonderful. At a time when it was hard to get away from preconceived notions about human evolution, Huxley asks his readers to take a step...
