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Carl Zimmer

The Hominid Wheel

Posted on December 2, 2008July 29, 2020 by Lori Jia

Mike, a geologist, writes: “Various stages of human evolution around a take of Da Vinci’s Vitruvian man.”

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Originally published December 2, 2008. Copyright 2008 Carl Zimmer.

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Carl Zimmer has been writing about science since 1990. Here you can read articles he's written for The New York Times, National Geographic, and other publications. In 2004, Zimmer launched "The Loom," a blog about science that has been hosted over the years by Discover and National Geographic. You can read these posts here. Zimmer also writes an email newsletter called "Friday's Elk." You can read past issues here, and can subscribe to receive new ones here. If you are searching for a particular topic, you can use the search bar below.

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