Study suggests ancient hominins used unmodified volcanic rock spheres as tools
A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...
Fossil face discovery highlights challenges faced by Europe’s earliest settlers
Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.
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Out of Europe
“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...
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15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human
Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...
An Archaeologist Discovered the Fractured Pieces of a 1 Million-Year-Old Face
The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.
Western Europe's oldest human face discovered in Spain
The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...
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Discovery: These human ancestors walked upright over 2 million years ago
Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 ...