Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Mike Edwards @mike_edwards@mas.to

9/26/2025, 1:16:17 AM

Public

If these results hold up, and there is no guarantee that they will, they set the starting point for Homo sapiens back from 300kya to 800kya — half a million years earlier!

#archeology #paleontology #evolution #science

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx01ve5151o

Grey skull with a large brain case on a black cloth. Some teeth are still in place. It has large eye sockets and nasal holes

Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, say scientists

New analysis suggests our species began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought

www.bbc.com · BBC News

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