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Stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia rewrites human origins

A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overtur...

Not Out of Context: Comments on Hawks et al. (2000)

The lead author is John Hawks, a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who has a popular blog on paleoanthropology. Source

New Clues About A Potential Connection Between East Asian H. erectus And Denisovans

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered new...

Physicist Overstates the “Gradual” Nature of Human Origins in the Fossil Record

We’ve gone back and forth with Dr. Barr many times in the past. Mainstream paleoanthropologists acknowledge that the origin of humans is sudden and abrupt. Source

Let’s Catch Up with the Neanderthals!

Remember the famous Neanderthal brain that was supposed to be inferior to the modern one, rendering them the big, dumb brutes of legend? Source

Ανατροπή στην ανθρώπινη εξέλιξη: Τρεις σκελετοί Homo sapiens αποκαλύπτουν άγνωστες πρακτικές θανάτου

Η περιοχή Middle Awash αποτελεί σπάνιο θησαυρό ευρημάτων, προσφέροντας στοιχεία για τη ζωή πριν 100.000 χρόνια

Stone Age Mystery: DNA Reveals Ancient Population Wipeout in France

A genetic study of a prehistoric burial site near Paris reveals a sharp break between two populations, suggesting a major decline followed by the arrival of new groups from distant...

Were Neanderthals Able to Hunt Elephants? The Proof Is in an Ancient Bone

A new study found that a pachyderm skeleton, dismissed for decades as unimportant, offers evidence of careful planning, teamwork and a calculated kill.

Fossil teeth from China uncover 400,000-year-old H. erectus ties to Denisovans

Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered new information suggesting a potential conne...

1.6 million-year-old bones reveal how the first humans really got their meat

Ancient Kenyan fossils reveal early humans employed a dynamic strategy for meat acquisition, blending hunting with opportunistic scavenging. Evidence of tool marks on bones, alongs...

146,000-Year-Old Discovery Rewrites the Story of Human Creativity

Crystals preserved inside a prehistoric bone led scientists to revise the estimated age of the archaeological site, suggesting that its stone tools were crafted during a severe ice...

1.6‑Million‑Year‑Old Fossils Show Early Humans Repeated a Successful Meat‑Gathering Strategy

Learn how fossil evidence reveals the repeatable way early humans accessed, processed, and shared meat.

250,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Teeth Analyzed

BURGOS, SPAIN—According to a statement released by the Spanish National Research Center for Human Evolution […] The post 250,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Teeth Analyzed appeared first...

It Was Technology, Not the Human Mind, that Advanced

At one time, we were encouraged to interpret ancient humans as a long, slow, Darwinian ascent of man. But maybe that didn’t really happen. Source

One battered skull exposes a lost killer from dinosaur dawn and a vanished bloodline

"You want to stick your finger in a dinosaur brain?" asked Simba Srivastava. Surrounded by cabinets full of ancient bones in the paleobiology lab, the Virginia Tech undergraduate s...

Oldest evidence of human cremation discovered: Burned 100,000-year-old Homo sapiens bones found in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift

Ancient tooth proteins suggest Homo erectus may have left a genetic legacy in people today

For most of the 20th century, the model of human origins was a tree: with the trunk dividing into branches, and then twigs. Each species of human relative (hominin) was a neat, sin...

Ancient Tooth Proteins Reveal Possible Link Between <em>Homo erectus</em>, Denisovans, and Modern Humans

Learn how proteins from six Homo erectus teeth, collected using a less invasive method, are helping fill key gaps in our understanding of this ancient human ancestor.

Human Evolution Quote: Grok, Is This True?

People are always welcome to change their views in response to what they feel is convincing new evidence. Source

160,000 Years Ago, Hominins in China Were Far More Advanced Than We Thought

New findings from central China are reshaping our understanding of early human innovation. An international team of researchers has identified evidence of advanced stone tool techn...

Study Suggests Neanderthal Children Grew Quickly

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—IFL Science reports that an international team of researchers including Ella Been of […] The post Study Suggests Neanderthal Children Grew Quickly appeared first o...

100,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Teeth May Reveal How Early Humans Moved Across Europe

Learn how teeth from a Polish cave not only reveal family ties but also hint at Neanderthal lineages across Europe.

220,000-Year-Old Quarry Site in South Africa Studied

TÜBINGEN, GERMANY—According to a statement released by the University of Tübingen, evidence of quarrying some […] The post 220,000-Year-Old Quarry Site in South Africa Studied appe...

Scientists Discover 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools, Rewriting Human History

An international research team from Germany, the UK, and Greece has found evidence that wooden tools were used in Greece 430,000 years ago. An international collaboration involving...