One of the most important controversies about human evolution and expansion is when and by what route the first hominids arrived in Europe from the African continent. Now, geological dating techniques ...
One of the most important controversies about human evolution and expansion is when and by what route the first hominids arrived in Europe from the African continent. Now, geological dating techniques ...
Reconstructions of human evolution are prone to simple, overly-tidy scenarios. Our ancestors, for example, stood on two legs to look over tall grass, or began to speak because, well, they finally had ...
A study involving the University of Seville reveals the first Neanderthal footprints of adults, children and birds in southern Portugal, a discovery that suggests route planning, possible hunting ...
NEW YORK — A new exhibit showcasing some of the earliest known human fossils in Europe touches on everything from cannibalism to sophisticated tools to a site known as the “pit of bones.” “The First ...
2-year-old child that lived 1.5 million years ago suffered from the blood disorder, which may suggest that hominids by this time were regularly eating meat Archaeologists are still debating when ...
Imagine ancient hominids sailing the Mediterranean hundreds of thousands of years before humans (Homo sapiens) appeared. The idea might sound bizarre: we think of boats as a human transportation ...
About 1.8 million years ago, a boy died. An abcessed tooth suggests an infection may have killed him, although the cause is not certain. His bones were fossilized, and they lay undetected until 1985, ...
When a chimpanzee goes to sleep, it first has to build a “nest”, which allows it to sleep safely up in the trees. Strangely, chimpanzees also build nests when sleeping on the ground, which might ...