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Christopher J. Bae

@paleobae.bsky.social

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Paleoanthropology, Out of Africa, modern human origins, Eastern Asia, Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Mānoa

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The Human Biology Association @humbioassociation.bsky.social · 12d

📢The Student Webinar Series is back!
Join Courtney Callidora Manthey and Madison Honig as they kick off the season with Dr. Christopher Bae (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) for a conversation on publishing as a grad student.
Don’t miss this great start to the series!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHmE...

Student webinar Series: Publishing for Students with Dr. Christopher Bae

YouTube video by Human Biology Association

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · 25d

Highly recommended!! 👍👍

Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 25d

PhD Studentship alert!
I'm looking for a motivated student to work here in Vienna @vdsee-univie.bsky.social on my ERC grant "DISPERSE". It's a fulltime scholarship (working in 14C and #archsci in Palaeolithic archaeology in Eurasia.
Details in the link below!
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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · 25d

University assistant predoctoral 1

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Jul 28

Here’s a cool take on the Asian Middle Pleistocene hominins that appeared in Discover Magazine. Homo juluensis is alive and kicking… 💪💪

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · Jul 21

In situ (splash-form) tektites from the Middle Pleistocene laterite deposits in Bose Basin, south China www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In situ (splash-form) tektites from the Middle Pleistocene laterite deposits in Bose Basin, south China

The Australasian tektite strewn field (ATSF) is the most recent and largest confirmed tektite strewn field to date, representing a major extraterrestr…

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Jul 5

[new paper alert]. This student led paper is really cool. Hopefully, it closes the lid on arguments that the Australasian tektites cannot be used to date the Bose handaxes. 💪💪

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Jun 30

Here’s the latest on the Chinese “Muddle in the Middle”. My recent conversation with Stefan Milo. Hopefully bringing some clarity to an increasingly complex record. 😎😎

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The Human Biology Association @humbioassociation.bsky.social · Jun 16

New Sausage of Science! Chris Lynn @christopherdlynn.bsky.social and Courtney Manthey @courtneymanthey.bsky.social chat with Dr. Christopher Bae @paleobae.bsky.social, a distinguished paleoanthropologist from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa whose research focuses on human evolution in East Asia.

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Jun 1

Awesome synthesis of how the name Homo bodoensis came about. Nice job. 👏👏👏

Evolution Soup @evolutionsoup.bsky.social · Jun 1

✨NEW INTERVIEW✨
HOMO BODOENSIS
& Why It Matters:
MIRJANA ROKSANDIC
@paleobae #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils
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Evolution Soup @evolutionsoup.bsky.social · Jun 1

✨NEW INTERVIEW✨
HOMO BODOENSIS
& Why It Matters:
MIRJANA ROKSANDIC
@paleobae #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleoanthropology #science #fossils
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Caley Orr @caleyorr.bsky.social · May 18

The classic rendering of the obstetric dilemma hypothesis is that the size & shape of the human pelvis has been constrained by its restructuring for bipedal locomotion, making birth difficult. Nice discussion on the topic with CU Denver's Dr. Anna Warrener. #paleoanthropology #humanevolution

SoS 238: Rethinking the obstetric dilemma with Anna Warrener

Host Courtney Manthey unpack the obstetric dilemma with Dr. Anna G. Warrener. Dr. Anna G. Warrener earned her PhD from Washington University in St. Louis in 2012. She is now an assistant professor of

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PaleoAnthropology Journal @paleoanthjourn.bsky.social · May 6

The latest issue of PaleoAnthropology is out now!
Volume 2025, Issue 1 #openaccess

📖Read Here: paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

#paleoanthropology #humanevolution

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Apr 12

In all of my years of high school Spanish, I don’t think I could have produced something like this. 😂😂

Really nice to receive this in the mail today. 😎😎

Many thanks to Patricia Gonzalez and her crew for the invitation to contribute and for putting it together. 🙏🙏

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Apr 8

“What Really Happened to Peking Man?”

Thanks @evolution_soup for the invitation.

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What Really Happened to PEKING MAN? ~ with PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER BAE

YouTube video by Evolution Soup

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Evolution Soup @evolutionsoup.bsky.social · Apr 7

✨NEW INTERVIEW✨
What Really Happened to PEKING MAN? ~ with PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER BAE
@paleobae.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleontology #fossils #paleoanthropology #science
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Evolution Soup @evolutionsoup.bsky.social · Mar 29

NEXT on Evolution Soup YouTube channel: Paleoanthropologist Professor CHRISTOPHER BAE returns to give the definitive account of the Peking Man fossils and their mysterious disappearance. @paleobae.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleontology #fossils #paleoanthropology #science

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Tom Higham @tommyhigham.bsky.social · Mar 12

Job alert!
@katerinad.bsky.social and I are looking for an archaeologist/archaeological scientist to join us on a 4 year post-doc, helping to manage and participate in field and lab work on 2 ERC grants in our group. We would love to hear from you via the link! 👇
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoct...

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Feb 28

Yep, coming from Hawaii… 😎😎

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · Jan 27

The first issue of #PaleoAnthropology of 2025 is out 🤩🥳!!

paleoanthropology.org/ojs/index.ph...

PaleoAnthropology is free to publish & free to read. Published by the Paleoanthropology Society & the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution (ESHE), through the Univ. of Tübingen Library.

PaleoAnthropology

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Jan 15

KHON2 (local Hawaii news) picked up Homo juluensis today… 😎😎

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jan 11

The Tulsa Race Massacre was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens, the Justice Department said in a report. It was the first time the U.S. government has given an official account of the 1921 massacre of Black residents.

Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says

The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.

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Katerina Harvati @katharv.bsky.social · Jan 10

Science reporting on the mass resignation of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution, highlighting some of the problems with commercial scientific publishing.
OA PaleoAnthropology journal (www.paleoanthropology.org) highlighted among JHE's successors
#openaccess #humanevolution

Journal editors’ mass resignation marks ‘sad day for paleoanthropology’

Exodus from the Journal of Human Evolution leaves a flagship journal in crisis

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Jan 7

You may find this more extended version just as interesting 🤓🤓

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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Dec 23

Just out. If you find the “muddle in the middle” discussions interesting you may find this of some use… 😎😎

#evolutionsoup

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Evolution Soup @evolutionsoup.bsky.social · Dec 22

✨NEW INTERVIEW✨
Tackling Asia's 'Muddle in the Middle' ~ with CHRISTOPHER BAE
@paleobae.bsky.social
@trentonholliday.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleontology #fossils #paleoanthropology #science
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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Dec 21

Working hard or hardly working… 🤓🤓

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Evolution Soup @evolutionsoup.bsky.social · Dec 12

PREVIEW CLIP from our upcoming interview with paleoanthropologist CHRISTOPHER BAE on the Asian 'muddle-in-the-middle'.
@paleobae.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleontology #fossils #paleoanthropology #science
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Christopher J. Bae @paleobae.bsky.social · Dec 7

Really enjoyed participating in the Hualongdong workshop and talking about Chibanian hominins in Asia. Lots of new and important research coming out of the region. 😎😎

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Evolution Soup @evolutionsoup.bsky.social · Dec 2

Asian fossils represent a new form of large brained hominin @paleobae.bsky.social
#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleontology #fossils #paleoanthropology #science
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