THE BALKAN HOMININ - A Forgotten Ancestor ~ with MIRJANA ROKSANDIC

Is the fossil jaw found in a Serbian cave in 2006 actually Homo heidelbergensis? Homo bodoensis? Or a totally new species? DR MIRJANA ROKSANDIC is an N.S.E.R.C. Canada Research Chair in Human Evolution and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Winnipeg. Mirjana's interests focus upon Pleistocene hominin evolution in Europe, asking the big questions as to when, how, and why humans have moved across the vast expanses of land and sea. Mirjana returns to Evolution Soup to talk about the Balkans and the incredible fossil cave sites that can be found there -- including an ancient fossil mandible find that was completely unexpected. 0:00 START 01:51 The significance of the Balkans 06:29 The Mala Balanica cave find 24:58 The Pešturina cave 30:57 Upcoming projects 32:42 Special thanks to 32:50 Our artists LINKS FOR MIRJANA ROKSANDIC SITE: https://bit.ly/4rwzW0D Google Scholar: https://shorturl.at/2D8yA University of Winnipeg: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/ BOOK Paleoanthropology of the Balkans and Anatolia: Human Evolution and its Context https://shorturl.at/02mnn RESEARCH PAPERS Resolving the “muddle in the middle”: The case for Homo bodoensis https://shorturl.at/VdjuN A human mandible (BH-1) from the Pleistocene deposits of Mala Balanica cave https://bit.ly/44XuRp8 Unveiling a Balkan refugium through paleoart https://bit.ly/4phG6A4 FOOTAGE Mala Balanica cave via Čačkalica Original Kabwe hominid model by John Gurche ARTWORK: Tom Björklund: SITE: https://www.tombjorklund.fi/ FACEBOOK:   / tombjorklundart   TWITTER/X:   / tombjorklundart   BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/tombjorklund... INSTA:   / tombjorklundart   Julio Lacerda: TWITTER/X:   / juliotheartist   @JuliotheArtist BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/lacerdajulio... SITE: https://www.deviantart.com/julio-lace... FACEBOOK:   / art.julio.lacerda   INSTA:   / lacerda.julio   Interviews powered by https://streamyard.com/ #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleo #paleontology #paleoartist #Homosapiens #hominid #artwork #Darwin #cave #bone #fossils #Neanderthal #australopithecus #hominin #extinct #animals #science #anthropology #paleoanthropology #genus #species #africa #skull #skulls #naturalselection #lucy #paleontology --------------- SUBSCRIBE to Evolution Soup: http://bit.ly/2pUOYSb FOLLOW Evolution Soup Instagram & Twitter! @evolution_soup BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/evolutionsou... Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@evolution_soup SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast! http://evolutionsoup.buzzsprout.com [RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/354743.rss] MERCH Shop at Redbubble store! https://www.redbubble.com/people/evol... Fourthwall Store: https://bit.ly/3B2XqUZ MUSIC Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/Battle https://www.purple-planet.com DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Creative Commons.