# How to get a Species of Human Named after you [Preview]

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Podcast: [The Fossil Files](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fossil-files-7375611)
Published: 2026-04-14T04:09:00+00:00
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## Resource

Getting a fossil species named after you is an unsual way to acheive quasi immortality, especially so for a species of human. In this preview of our second bonus episode we take a look at the weird, and often tragic lives of 5 people who have given their names to species of fossil humans, ranging from mad Austro-Hungarian aristrocrats to rampant imperialists and German pastors. Along the way we ask if we can learn some lessons from this ecletic bunch, and explore the fascinating new science revealing the face of human ancestors. The full episode is available via our Patreon. The paper tangentially discussed this week is "Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium" by Qiaomei Fu and colleagues published in Cell in July 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.040. Wide screen art by Australian Museum.

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