Source: 2025. The SWT1/HR-2a hominin left os coxae shown in medial (superior up; anterior right) (A), lateral (superior up; anterior...

Source: García Roa R. 2023. Pepe, a one-year-old baby chimp rescued from poaching by the CCC, enjoys one of the school sessions in the...

In 1951, a team of researchers discovered a “bonehenge” in southwestern Russia—a concentrated ring of mammoth bones, clearly remnants of...

Bronagh Doughty Classification Crowned sifakas are members of the Strepsirrhine suborder, along with lorises and all other lemurs....

This fall, members of the editorial board will be meeting on Sundays to discuss events, Hominin Hub posts, outreach and editing. If you...

Ana Reif A major reevaluation of radiocarbon dating narrows down the period when Neandertals and modern humans may have exchanged...

A belated thank you to everyone who was able to make it to the Sketching Skulls event on October 30th! We had a great turnout and an...

Ana Reif A new morphological analysis suggests Sahelanthropus tchadensis may have been bipedal after all. Sahelanthropus tchadensis is...

Ana Reif A new Homo erectus fossil fills gaps in the history of hominins’ occupation of East Asia. This new fossil belongs to a...

This fall members of the editorial board will be meeting on Sundays to discuss events, Hominin Hub posts, outreach and editing. If you...

After a long year of classes and Sapient over Zoom, we are so excited to be back in person! Meeting details are forthcoming, and we are...

The aye-aye, a type of lemur, has long been known for its bizarre looks. As Wired puts it, the species has “the tail of a squirrel, the...

Thank you to everyone who braved the pouring rain to come to Sketching Skulls on Sunday! We had a fantastic time drawing, eating bagels...

Sketching Skulls is back, and spookier than ever! Sapient is hosting a Halloween sketching event on October 27! Stop by to look at,...

Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) are unique. Scientists have long agreed that hamadryas females don’t form complex social...

Thank you to Astrid Jervis (SPS) for these fantastic illustrations! By Astrid Jervis Alouatta seniculus (red howler monkey), 2019

By Emily Conlogue (Barnard '19) Mandrillus sphinx (mandrill) Mixed media

New evidence suggests that tool use, once considered unique to hominins, is not specific only to humans and our fossil ancestors. In a...

Our Sketching Skulls event was a success! Amazing artists of all ages came out to the Bone Lab to draw primate skulls, eat bagels, and...

Want to check out REAL human, primate, and in-between skulls? Fascinated with the macabre? WANT FREE BRUNCH?? Whether you have never...