Tag: Homo

I hate to be pessimistic, but it’s coming y’all. Global Warming, deforestation, and overfarming are all going to lead to the creation and expansion of Earth’s deserts. We need to try and prevent it as much as we can, but at the same time, we need to prepare for the very real pos...

To make the case that the Olduvai Gorge habilis fossils belonged in Homo, Leakey, Tobias, and Napier had focused on the teeth and jaws, a bit more erectus-like than the more primitive Australopithecus africanus. They had partial skulls as well, and although the brain si...

Let’s jump forward a couple of million years to around 1 million years before the common era, and let’s talk about fire. When hominins learned to control fire, they didn’t just invent cooking and find a way to stay warm and keep wild animals at bay during the night. They didn&rsquo...

The crimson dawn flooded the rainforest as our group of Saphu (Homo Sapiens) ventured into that unfamiliar and potentially hostile environment. I, Daku the tracker, led the expedition, scanning the vegetation with all my senses alert, gripping my carved wooden spear firmly. Suddenly, rustling in the...

I hate to be pessimistic, but it’s coming y’all. Global Warming, deforestation, and overfarming are all going to lead to the creation and expansion of Earth’s deserts. We need to try and prevent it as much as we can, but at the same time, we need to prepare for the very real pos...