Uploaded June 2015 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Each week, Tom chooses an article from the New York Times science section and translates it into a rap verse. This week (performed live at Nerd Nite Silicon Valley), the discovery of new hominin fossils, revealing increased diversity in the human family tree.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: "The Human Family Tree Bristles With New Branches" by Carl Zimmer in The New York Times: goo.gl/Qh8okZ
The discovery of Australopithecus deyiremeda, by Yohannes Haile-Selassie and colleagues, published in Nature: “New species from Ethiopia further expands Middle Pliocene hominin diversity” goo.gl/Yyd5Ez
The discovery of the oldest stone tools to ever be discovered, by Sonia Harmand and colleagues, published in Nature - “3.3-million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya”: goo.gl/fqVvDH
Video production by 3Motion Creative
Original beat by @ChaseMooreMusic
Each week, Tom chooses an article from the New York Times science section and translates it into a rap verse. This week (performed live at Nerd Nite Silicon Valley), the discovery of new hominin fossils, revealing increased diversity in the human family tree.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: "The Human Family Tree Bristles With New Branches" by Carl Zimmer in The New York Times: goo.gl/Qh8okZ
The discovery of Australopithecus deyiremeda, by Yohannes Haile-Selassie and colleagues, published in Nature: “New species from Ethiopia further expands Middle Pliocene hominin diversity” goo.gl/Yyd5Ez
The discovery of the oldest stone tools to ever be discovered, by Sonia Harmand and colleagues, published in Nature - “3.3-million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya”: goo.gl/fqVvDH
Video production by 3Motion Creative
Original beat by @ChaseMooreMusic
