Hominin
Climate Change Played Key Role in Extinction of Homo floresiensis
Man of Flores According to a new study, the abandoned Liang Bua – a cave that this small human species ...
Two Australopithecus Species Co-Existed in Ethiopia 3.4 Million Years Ago
In 2009, paleoanthropologists discovered eight foot bones of an ancient human ancestor in 3.4-million-year-old sediments at the Woranso Mille paleontological ...
Kissing Likely Evolved in Common Ancestor of Humans and Large Apes 21 Million Years Ago
Kissing occurs in most living great apes and probably also occurred among Neanderthals, first appearing in the group's ancestor 21.5 ...
Researchers Using Neanderthal DNA to Learn More About How Human Faces Develop and Evolve
University of Edinburgh scientist Hannah Long and her colleagues show how a region of Neanderthal DNA is better at activating ...
Archaeologists Find 2.75-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools in Kenya
Archaeologists have discovered Oldowan stone tools from three different archaeological horizons spanning approximately 300,000 years (2.75 to 2.44 million years ...
Lead Exposure May Have Influenced Evolution of Human Brain, Behavior, and Development of Language
Several anthropoids – Australopithecus africanus, Strong Paranthropusearly homo sp., Gigantopithecus black, Pongo sp., Palso sp., Neanderthal manAnd wise man — ...
