Evolution of Primates Media

TED Ed (2021) – Why do we have hair in such random places?


Reconstruction of two giant pandas in a bamboo forest. One panda is eating bamboo.

Reconstruction by Mauricio Anton

June 30, 2022 – CNN
article by Katie Hunt – Pandas evolved their most perplexing feature at least 6 million years ago

 

 

 

April 7, 2021 – The Independent
article by Andy Martin – Why did we go bald? The love and loss of human hair

December 29, 2020  – Smithsonian Magazine
article by Ella Beaudoin and Briana Pobiner – Ten New Things We Learned About Human Origins in 2020

October 13, 2020  – IFLScience
article by Ben Taub – Fossils of 6.4 Million-Year-Old Monkeys Are Among the Oldest Found Outside of Africa

October 7, 2020  – Penn State News
article by A’ndrea Elyse Messer – Oldest monkey fossils outside of Africa found

July 12, 2018  – Anna’s Science Magic Show Hooray!
Why am I so sweaty?

Reconstruction of two giant otters from Shuitangba, China. Image shows the otters and a tapir in an aquatic forested environment (vegetation shown are water chestnut, fox nut, and Sichuan peppercorn). One otter is eating a freshwater clam.

Reconstruction by Mauricio Anton

January 23, 2017 – Cleveland Museum of Natural History press release
article by Patrick Evans – Scientists discover large extinct otter

 

 

 

August 8, 2016 – The Chautauquan Daily
article by Samantha Ickes – Are you a couch potato? Blame evolution, says Nina Jablonski

August 2, 2016 – BBC Earth
article by Melissa Hogenboom – Our weird lack of hair may be the key to our success

June 27, 2016 – The Washington Post
Speaking of Science, article by Sarah Caplan – Dear Science: Why aren’t apes evolving into humans?

April 13, 2016 – Appalachian Magazine, SoundAffect podcast
Race, Genetics, and the Genealogy of Primates

March 10, 2014 – Science NOW
article by Michael Balter – New Diet, Sexual Attraction May Have Spurred Europeans’ Lighter Skin

March 15, 2013 – CNN
Light Years, article by Kelly Murray – You Could Have Been a Furry Beast

October 13, 2008 – SETI Institute Science Radio
hosted by Dr. Seth Shostak – Senses Census

August 23, 2007 – Good Morning America
report by John Berman, Science of Sweat