Israeli Homo neanderthalensis: 70,000 Years Of Human Occupation?
Homo neanderthalensis is a hominin that most of you would be familiar with
Neanderthal viruses found in modern humans
Virus's in Neanderthals also in modern human DNa
New remains of Neanderthals found in the Cova Negra of Xàtiva
Discovery of an adult parietal bone, child cranial fragment and child premolar.
Unique skull find rebuts theories on species diversity in early humans
This find is forcing a change in perspective in the field of paleoanthropology: human species diversity two million years ago was much smaller than presumed thus far. However, diversity within the Homo erectus, the first global species of human, was as great as in humans today.
Archaeologists rediscover the lost home of the last Neanderthals
A record of Neanderthal archaeology, thought to be long lost, has been re-discovered by NERC-funded scientists working in the Channel island of Jersey.
Mysterious ancient human crossed Wallace’s Line
Scientists have proposed that the most recently discovered ancient human relatives -- the Denisovans -- somehow managed to cross one of the world's most prominent marine barriers in Indonesia, and later interbred with modern humans moving through the area on the way to Australia and New Guinea.
Complete skull from early Homo evokes a single, evolving lineage
What if the earliest members of our Homo genus—those classified as Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, Homo erectus and so forth—actually belonged to the same species and simply looked different from one another?
What evolved first — a dexterous hand or an agile foot?
Resolving a long-standing mystery in human evolution, new research from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute indicates that early hominids developed finger dexterity and tool use ability before the development of bipedal locomotion.
Genetic study pushes back timeline for first significant human population expansion
About 10,000 years ago, the Neolithic age ushered in one of the most dramatic periods of human cultural and technological transition, where independently, different world populations developed the domestication of plants and animals.
Handaxe design reveals distinct Neanderthal cultures
A study by a postgraduate researcher at the University of Southampton has found that Neanderthals were more culturally complex than previously acknowledged. Two cultural traditions existed among Neanderthals living in what is now northern Europe between 115,000 to 35,000 years ago.
Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe
Modern humans replaced Neandertals in Europe about 40 thousand years ago, but the Neandertals’ capabilities are still greatly debated. Some argue that before they were replaced, Neandertals had cultural capabilities similar to modern humans, while others argue that these similarities only appear once modern humans came into contact with Neandertals.
Extinct Ancient Ape Did Not Walk Like a Human, Study Show
According to a new study, led by University of Texas at Austin anthropologists Gabrielle A. Russo and Liza Shapiro, the 9- to 7-million-year-old ape from Italy did not, in fact, walk habitually on two legs.
One More Homo Species?
A recent 3D-comparative analysis confirms the status of Homo floresiensis as a fossil human species.
Did Neandertals have language?
Fast-accumulating data seem to indicate that our close cousins, the Neandertals, were much more similar to us than imagined even a decade ago.
Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago, says CU-Boulder study
Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago, says CU-Boulder study
