Tag Archives: Homo sapiens

Marching up the wrong tree

Posted on December 21, 2020 by twilightbeasts

Before Darwin published his theory of evolution through natural selection, On the Origin of Species, evolution wasn’t a new concept. It had been discussed by many different people of science as early as the Ancient Greeks. It was how evolution … Continue reading →

Posted in Homo sapiens | Tagged Charles Darwin, Evolution, Extinction, Homo sapiens, March of Progress, Thomas Henry Huxley | 3 Comments

Dreamcatchers

Posted on October 16, 2019 by twilightbeasts

If you think of the weirdest mammal you can, chances are a tapir would pop into your mind. They are pretty odd. Kind of like a mad-scientist’s experiment between a pig and an elephant gone wrong. Perhaps naively, I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant tapir | Tagged Baird's tapir, Brazilian tapir, Giant tapir, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, Malayan tapir, Megatapirus augustus, Mountain tapir, Tapir, Tapiridae, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus pinchaque, Tapirus sanyauensis, Tapirus sinensis, Tapirus terrestris | 2 Comments

You only live twice

Posted on December 7, 2018 by twilightbeasts

Australia is a continent full of weird wonders. From kangaroos to koalas, the animals here are unlike anywhere else on the planet. Australia is a landmass that has drifted slowly northwards, alone, across the empty Indian Ocean for over 30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Diprotodon, Giant Short-Faced Kangaroo, Marsupial Tapir, Zygomaturus | Tagged Australia, Diprotodon, Hominidae, Homo sapiens, Kangaroo, Marsupial, Marsupial Lion, Marsupial Tapir, Palorchestes azeal, Paolchestes, Primates, Richard Owen, Zygomaturus | 2 Comments

The beast of the woods

Posted on October 12, 2018 by twilightbeasts

I love a good walk in the woods. Breathing the clean fresh air into my lungs. Spotting a bird hop on a branch nearby. Listening to the almost silence as the wind gently rustles the leaves above. Feeling the crunch … Continue reading →

Posted in Eucladoceros | Tagged Avatar, Eucladoceros, Gigantopithecus, Great Jerboa, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, James Cameron, Plesitocene, Pliocene | 2 Comments

Standing Proud

Posted on May 2, 2018 by twilightbeasts

ALERT, THIS BLOG IS NOT SUITABLE FOR VERY LITTLE KIDS, AND PROBABLY IS RATED AROUND A PG12! There’s been a huge buzz about the early Mesolithic dates of the Shigir wooden figure, from Ural Russia, and it isn’t too often … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Homo sapiens | Tagged art, Homo sapiens, Mesolithic, Pleistocene, Pre-Boreal, Religion, Spirituality, Wood, Younger Dryas | 6 Comments

The most (and least) read posts of 2017!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by twilightbeasts

It’s that time of year again when websites shout about their most read blog posts. Of course it’s a little bit of self promotion, but it is also quite interesting to see what has been popular over the last year. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic Ground Squirrel, Homo sapiens, Horse, Key Deer, Lemming, moa, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly Rhinoceros | Tagged Arctic Ground Squirrel, Arctic lemming, Equus caballus, Equus giganteus, Homo sapiens, Key Deer, Mammuthus africanavus, Mammuthus columbi, Mammuthus creticus, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus imperator, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus rumanus, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Mammuthus trogontherii, moa, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros | 3 Comments

The lonely walk to extinction

Posted on September 8, 2017 by twilightbeasts

Our very species is an oxymoron. When Linnaeus added us to the taxonomic ranks of life, he dubbed humans Homo sapiens: literally meaning ‘wise man’. Sometimes I wonder how ‘wise’ we are. We can send people to live in space, … Continue reading →

Posted in Woolly Mammoth, Woolly Rhinoceros | Tagged Diceros biceros lonipes, DNA, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Island Dwarfism, Javan Rhinoceros, Mammuthus primigenius, Neanderthal, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Western Black Rhino, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros | 1 Comment

A very brief introduction to mammoths

Posted on July 18, 2017 by twilightbeasts

I was in Los Angeles when I first saw him. I stood in his shadow as he towered above me. I didn’t feel fear. Or panic. I felt awe despite being dwarfed. Light bounces off each bone, highlighting the curves, … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbian Mammoth, Deinotherium, Gompothere, Mastodon, Palaeoloxodon, Steppe Mammoth, Woolly Mammoth | Tagged African Bush Elephant, African Forest Elephant, Asian Elephant, Cave Lion, Columbian Mammoth, Cretan Dwarf Mammoth, Dolphin, Dorothea, Dorothea Bate, Elephas maximus indicus, Elephas maximus maximus, Eliphantidae, Fosters Rule, Giant Deer, Gompothere, Homo neander, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homotherium, Ichthyosaur, La Brea Tar, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, Loxodonta africana, Loxodonta cyclotis, Mammoth, Mammoth Steppe, Mammuthus, Mammuthus africanavus, Mammuthus creticus, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus lamarmorai, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus rumanus, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Mastodon, Moeritherium, Neanderthal, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Primelephas, Proboscidea, Pygmy Mammoth, reindeer, Sabre tooth cat, Sardinian Dwarf Mammoth, Southern Mammoth, Steppe Mammoth, Straight Tusked elephants, The African Mammoth, Tori Herridge, TrowelBlazers, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros, Zygolophodon | 21 Comments

The Lost Sheep

Posted on December 22, 2016 by twilightbeasts

I don’t know about you, but I love the spirit of farmers during lambing season. Coming from a farming background, I know the farmers’ mingled emotions of dread and hope and joy as the wee lambs are born often in … Continue reading →

Posted in Giant Sheep | Tagged cave art, Epivillefranchian period, Giant Sheep, Homo sapiens, Megalovis latifrons, Neolithic, Pliocene | 2 Comments

On the origins of our species

Posted on July 13, 2016 by twilightbeasts

As families go ours is pretty amazing. You have ancient cousins who effortlessly chomped through the toughest of roots and hardest of seeds. Another relative was the first of our family to make it all the way to China around … Continue reading →

Posted in Denisovan, Homo sapiens, Neanderthal | Tagged Anatomically Modern Humans, Australopithecus africanus, Back to Africa, Candelabra, Charles Darwin, Denisova, Ernst Haeckel, Eugène Dubois, Herto Skulls, Hominidae, Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Jan Freedman, Java Man, Lucy van Dorp, Multiregional origin, Neanderthal, Omo fossils, Origin of Species, Out of Africa, Paranthropus boisei, Qafzeh hominins, Raymond Dart, Recent African Origin, Richard Leakey, Skhul hominins, The Decent of Man | 9 Comments

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