The #FossilFriday tradition seems to be losing steam, and even hashtags themselves may no longer be as popular as they once were. This trend is also reflected in the declining number of #FossilFriday posts featuring hominin fossils. Still, as long as there continue to be outstanding contributions like those we’ve seen this year, this Top 10 list will live on!

But what exactly is ‘FossilFriday’? Every Friday, social media users share captivating fossil images under the hashtag #FossilFriday. These posts often showcase iconic specimens, museum collections, scientific papers, blog articles, quirky fossils, and much more. I especially enjoy joining in by posting about hominin fossils. So, without further ado, here’s the Top 10 of 2025. Keep posting!

10. The hypnotizing temporomandibular joint of KNM-ER 23000. By Marta Mirazón Lahr @MartaMLahr

9. Who said fossil skulls can’t be beautiful? By DEATHREVOL @DEATHREVOL1

8. The amazing collection of Early Neandertal crania from Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca. By Bruce R. Fenton @GenomicSETI

7. How different Jebel Irhoud 1 and 2 are. By Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65

6. The coolest thing on Earth, no less. By Paléonews @PaleonewsFrance

5. Skhul I stirred things up for us this year. Is this the oldest Neandertal–sapiens hybrid we know of? And we’ve known it since 1939. By Dany Coutinho Nogueira @DanyCNogueira

4. Poking our noses into the Altamura cave. By National Center for Science Education @NCSE

3. Pink, a Homo erectus-like face in Western Europe 1.4-1.1 million years ago. By Fundación Atapuerca @FATAPUERCA

2. The Yunxian 2 skull have once again shaken up our understanding of human evolution in Eurasia. By Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65

1. Spectacular photo of the skull from the MH1 skeleton, belonging to Australopithecus sediba, a species contemporaneous with early Homo. By Lee R. Berger @LeeRBerger

Want more!? These are the #FossilFriday Top 10 lists in the previous years:

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Merry Christmas and all the best for 2026!