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Ian Tattersall

Curator Emeritus, Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History
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For the Fossil Record (PDF)

- The New York Review of Books

February 28, 2026

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PostedMarch 11, 2026
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The Story of Human Evolution in Africa Is Undergoing a Major Rewrite

- Vox

July 3, 2017

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PostedNovember 30, 2017
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Did Modern Humans Wipe Out the ‘Hobbits’?

- National Geographic

April 4, 2016

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PostedNovember 1, 2016
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A Bone to Pick ($)

- The Wall Street Journal

June 18, 2015
* Read Ian’s letter to the editor in response to Nicholas Wade’s review of his book The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack

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PostedJuly 31, 2015
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How We Misread Our Own Story (PDF)

- Nature

June 11, 2015

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PostedJune 12, 2015
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Understanding Our Origins (PDF)

- Science

June 5, 2015

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PostedJune 8, 2015
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New Twist Added to the Role of Culture in Human Evolution ($)

- Scientific American

September 2014

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PostedAugust 20, 2014
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Early Human Interbreeding More Widespread Than Thought, Study Suggests

- The Wall Street Journal

December 4, 2013

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PostedDecember 5, 2013
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Rare Skull Sparks Human Evolution Controversy

- CNN

October 19, 2013

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Stunning Skull Gives a Fresh Portrait of Early Humans

- Science

October 18, 2013

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Were Earliest Humans All 1 Species? Oddball Skull Sparks Debate

- LiveScience

October 17, 2013

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Capsule Reviews

- The Scientist

May 1, 2012

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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How Homo Sapiens Became 'Masters Of The Planet'

- Talk of the Nation, NPR

April 6, 2012

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Ian Tattersall's 'Masters of the Planet' Looks to Pinpoint What Made Us Human

- The Plain Dealer

April 3, 2012

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Byways Along Evolution's Path

- The Wall Street Journal

March 24, 2012

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Race Finished

- American Scientist

March-April 2012

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Ian Tattersall and the Origin of Homo Sapiens

- AAAS MemberCentral

November 7, 2011

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Categories2011, in-the-news

New Fossils May Redraw Human Ancestry

- The New York Times

September 8, 2011

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Earliest Signs of Advanced Tools Found

- The New York Times

August 31, 2011

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PostedNovember 6, 2013
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Fresh Evidence Adds Weight to Human Ancestor’s Identity

- Science News

April 19, 2011

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Highlighted Articles

What Do We Know About the Nineteenth-Century Natural History Collector Alfred Crossley?

- Draft manuscript

Alfred Crossley and Alfred Grandidier: An Enduring Mystery of Early Natural History Collecting in Madagascar

- Madagascar Conservation & Development

The Species in Paleoanthropology

- Comptes Rendus Palevol

Endocranial Volumes and Human Evolution

– F1000Research

Let Sleeping Syntheses Lie

– PaleoAnthropology, Special Issue: Niche Construction, Plasticity, and Inclusive Inheritance: Rethinking Human Origins with the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Part 1

New Pigeons in Old Holes: Anthropology, Algorithms and Alpha Taxonomy

– L'Anthropologie

Evolutionary Theory, Systematics, and the Study of Human Origins

– Journal of Anthropological Sciences

The Itineraries of Alfred Crossley, and Natural History Collecting in mid-Nineteenth Century Madagascar

– American Museum Novitates

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