Joe Rogan Experience #1561 - Kermit Pattison

Kermit Pattison is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Fast Company, Runners World, and many other publications. His new book, Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind, is available now. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/fossil-men-kermit-pattison?variant=32117911748642

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Nov 10, 20202h 5mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: November 10, 2020
Duration: 2h 5m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kermit Pattison is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Fast Company, Runners World, and many other publications. His new book, Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind, is available now. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/fossil-men-kermit-pattison?variant=32117911748642

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Kermit Pattison
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Joe Rogan
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Kermit Pattison and Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience #1561 - Kermit Pattison explores ancient Skeleton Ardi Rewrites Human Origins, Challenging Chimp-Ancestor Story Journalist Kermit Pattison discusses his book "Fossil Men," which chronicles the discovery, analysis, and controversy surrounding Ardipithecus ramidus (Ardi), a 4.4‑million‑year‑old skeleton found in Ethiopia. Ardi is the oldest and most complete known skeleton in the human lineage, revealing an upright-walking, tree-climbing primate with an opposable big toe and reduced canines. The conversation covers how Ardi undermines long-held assumptions that humans evolved from a chimp-like knuckle-walking ancestor, and explores competing theories about why bipedalism and monogamy may have evolved. Pattison also details the perilous fieldwork in Ethiopia, the painstaking lab reconstruction, political turmoil, scientific egos, and how limited fossils give us only scattered “snapshots” of human evolution.

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