Statistical analysis of fossil data shows that it is unlikely that Australopithecus sediba, a nearly two-million-year-old, apelike fossil from South … More
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Ancient Teeth Hint At Mysterious Human Relative
Four teeth found in a cave in the Tongzi county of southern China have scientists scratching their heads. In 1972 … More
Scientists Confirm Pair Of Very Different Skeletons Are The Same Earliest Hominin Species
Separate skeletons suggested to be from different early hominin species are, in fact, from the same species, a team of … More
Tools Found In Shangchen, China Prove Ancient Peoples Left Africa MUCH Earlier Than Previously Thought
Modern humans’ distant relatives left Africa earlier than previously thought—rewriting a key chapter in humankind’s epic prequel, according to a … More
Skulls Found Could Rewrite Human History
Precisely when and where did our species emerge? Anthropologists have struggled with that question for decades, and scattered clues had … More