It is time for year-end lists. Below is a little tradition on this blog: the 10 best hominin #FossilFriday tweets (or should I say X posts?) published in 2023, from number 10 to 1.

What is a ‘FossilFriday’? Every Friday, mainly on X (formely Twitter), people post pics of interesting fossils using the hashtag #FossilFriday about famous specimens, museum collections, scientific papers, blog posts, odd fossils, etc. I love to join & post about hominin fossils. One more time, the top 10 of 2023:

10. He writes very interesting #FossilFriday threads, like this one! By Dany Coutinho Nogueira @DanyCNogueira

9. Another one from Qafzeh, such an interesting site! By Project DEATHREVOL @DEATHREVOL1

8. Ornaments are no longer made the way they used to be… By Société préhistorique française @SPF_Infos

7. A new very old Homo erectus specimen. By John Hawks @johnhawks

6. Zach is so f… right. By Zach Cofran @ZCofran

5. SK 54 also has a frontal, and it was early Homo! By Andy I.R. Herries @Ozarchaeomaglab

4. Possibly none… By Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65

3. Little Foot in its cemented sediment. By John Hawks @johnhawks

2. Look at the HUGE teeth and jaw. By Andy I.R. Herries @Ozarchaeomaglab

1. Apparently a shy Paranthropus. By Marta Mirazón Lahr @MartMLahr

Want more? You can view the lists of the last nine years!

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Merry Christmas and Happy 2024!