Matt Hodgkinson“There’s been a selection, a choosing of which remains to publish, and which not. No one has the right to do that!”
The dark side of paleoanthropology.
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The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity’s origins
The long read: When fossilised remains were discovered in the Djurab desert in 2001, they were hailed as radically rewriting the history of our species. But not everyone was convinced – and the bitter argument that followed has consumed the lives of scholars ever since