Paleospecies as cognitive construct: The meme of “Homo floresiensis”

Creation and subsequent abandonment of a number of earlier species considered human ancestors: Eoanthropus dawsoni, Hesperopithecus haroldcooki, Homo gardarensis and Ramapithecus punjabicus is presented using cases from the history of science. This review indicates that the fossil evidence for these...

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Main Authors: Eckhardt Robert B., Henneberg Maciej
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2021-09-01
Series:Anthropological Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2021-0023