Study Shows 300,000-Year-Old South African Hominin Ate a Lot of Dust
Homo naledi’s relatively taller and more wear-resistant molars enabled it to have a much more abrasive diet than other South African hominins. This is the…
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New Study Shows Neanderthals Boosted Our Immune System
A new study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that the mixing of archaic human forms played an important role in shaping the immune system…
Scientists Discover A New Species of Hominin
An international team of scientists has discovered a new species of hominin in South Africa that may have existed alongside modern humans. This small creature…
Oldest Known Human Ancestors May Have Had Precision Grip Capabilities
Researchers present a kinematic model of thumb–index precision grip and manipulative movement based on bony hand morphology in a broad sample of extant primates and…
New Research Shows How Early Human Ancestors Were Unique
New research from Harvard University and colleagues from around the globe reveals that the teeth of early hominins grew unlike those of either modern humans…
400,000 Year Old Fossil Helps Shed New Light on Human Evolution
A nearly 400,000 year old human fossil discovered in a Serbian cave is helping scientists shed new light on human evolution. A fossil fragment of…
Ancient Genome Reveals Relationships Between Denisovans and Present-Day Humans
A newly published study compares the Denisovan genome with those of the Neandertals and eleven modern humans from around the world, finding that modern populations…
Jaw Structures of Fossils Seems to Suggest That Three Homo Species Roamed Africa Concurrently
New evidence, presented as fossilized skulls, has been discovered that seems to imply that three different and distinct species belonging to the genus Homo existed…
Million-Year-Old Ash in South African Cave Yields Evidence of Cooking
Ash was discovered in a South African cave, and this indicates that humans were cooking with fire one million years ago. This is the earliest…
Burtele Foot Points to Other Past Hominins
The discovery of the Burtele foot fossil is leading researchers to believe that there was more than one early hominin species during the time of…
Previously Unknown Hominin Discovered In Denisova Cave in Siberia
The Denisova Cave, perched high in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia, has been a large natural shelter for humans and animals for tens of…
