Peering into Little Foot’s 3.67 million-year-old brain
First ever endocast reconstruction of the nearly complete brain of the hominin known as Little Foot reveals a small brain combining ape-like and human-like features.
Stone tools linked to ancient human ancestors in Arabia have surprisingly recent date
Stone handaxes, similar to those made by early humans as much as 1.5 million years ago, have been dated for the first time in the Arabian Peninsula, to less...
First ancient DNA from mainland Finland reveals origins of Siberian ancestry in region
New study shows that the genetic makeup of northern Europe traces back to migrations from Siberia that began at least 3,500 years ago and that, as recently as the...
Human ancestors not to blame for ancient mammal extinctions in Africa
New research finds grassland expansion drove the decline of giant mammals over the last 4.6 million years.
Evolution: South Africa’s hominin record is a fair-weather friend
New uranium-lead ages for fossil bearing caves change the landscape of human evolution in South Africa.
New virtual reconstruction of a Neanderthal thorax suggests another breathing mechanism
The results show significant morphological differences pointing to a respiratory mechanism that was different compared with that of modern humans.
Experts find that stone tools connected communities
Stone tools from the Middle Stone Age in South Africa shows that different communities were connected over long time periods over vast geographical areas.
