Tag: palaeoanthropology
600,000-year-old evidence of Britain’s early inhabitants
Archaeologists have unearthed 600,000-year-old evidence of Britain’s early inhabitants near Canterbury, England.
Neanderthals of the north
Were Neanderthals really as well adapted to a life in the cold as previously assumed, or did they prefer more temperate environmental conditions during the last Ice Age?
Study confirms cave paintings in Cueva Ardales originate from Neanderthals
A study of the pigments used in wall paintings in the Cueva Ardales caves in southern Spain originated from Neanderthals.
Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains
An interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by the Universities of Cambridge and Tübingen, has gathered measurements of body and brain size for over 300 fossils from the genus Homo found across the globe.
Discovery from Unicorn Cave in Lower Saxony sheds new light on ancestors’ cognitive abilities
Since the discovery of the first fossil remains in the 19th century, the image of the Neanderthal has been one of a primitive hominin.
‘Dragon man’ fossil may replace Neanderthals as our closest relative
A near-perfectly preserved ancient human fossil known as the Harbin cranium sits in the Geoscience Museum in Hebei GEO University.