Lucy and the Australopithecus

We’ve come quite a long way along the Hominin River.  We’ve passed tributaries and navigated some pretty large bends.  On the way we’ve heard rumors about what was ahead.  A name actually.  You’ll recognize her name because she’s been mentioned on this show more...

Ardipithecus ramidus

Between 1992 and 1994, working in the Awash region of Ethiopia, the same region that Ardipithecus kadabba would be found a few years later, paleoanthropologist Tim White unearthed well over 100 specimens of something new.   What was it? Evolution Talk is also a book!...

Ardipithecus kadabba

In the last couple of episodes we’ve met two early travellers along the Hominin River.  Today, we will meet yet another one.  This one lived approximately 5.5 million years ago.  It is know as Ardipithecus kadabba, and this is its story. Works Cited “Ardipithecus |...

Orrorin tugenensis

We continue with our exploration into hominin history by introducing one who once walked the earth six million years ago – the Orrorin tugenensis. It was bipedal, a mix of ape-like and human-like traits, and may be a direct ancestor… of us!  ...