Archaeology
Sep 24, 2023
Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans
What does it mean to be human?
Search results for Homo floresiensis
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 10, 2022
Our Homo sapiens ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of humans
When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago, the world was very different compared to today. Perhaps the biggest difference was that we—meaning people of our species, Homo ...
Archaeology
Sep 26, 2022
New archaeology dives into the mysterious demise of the Neanderthals
Char from ancient fires and stalagmites in caves hold clues to the mysterious disappearance of Neanderthals from Europe.
Evolution
Oct 14, 2021
Early modern human from Southeast Asia adapted to a rainforest environment
Although there has been evidence of our species living in rainforest regions in Southeast Asia from at least 70,000 years ago, the poor preservation of organic material in these regions limits how much we know about their ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 23, 2021
The Hobbit's bite gets a stress test
If you've ever suffered from a sore jaw that popped or clicked when you chewed gum or crunched hard foods, you may be able to blame it on your extinct ancestors.
Evolution
Mar 23, 2021
New evidence in search for the mysterious Denisovans
An international group of researchers led by the University of Adelaide has conducted a comprehensive genetic analysis and found no evidence of interbreeding between modern humans and the ancient humans known from fossil ...
Evolution
Dec 9, 2020
Researcher adds to timeline of human evolution by studying an island fox
Nearly two decades ago, a small-bodied "human-like" fossil, Homo floresiensis, was discovered on an island in Indonesia. Some scientists have credited the find, now nicknamed "Hobbit," as representative of a human ancestor ...
Archaeology
Apr 29, 2020
Evidence of Late Pleistocene human colonization of isolated islands beyond Wallace's Line
A new article published in Nature Communications applies stable isotope analysis to a collection of fossil human teeth from the islands of Timor and Alor in Wallacea to study the ecological adaptations of the earliest members ...
Archaeology
Nov 22, 2019
Were other humans the first victims of the sixth mass extinction?
Nine human species walked the Earth 300,000 years ago. Now there is just one. The Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis, were stocky hunters adapted to Europe's cold steppes. The related Denisovans inhabited Asia, while the ...
Archaeology
Aug 26, 2019
Small skulls point to human migration highway to Australia
Human remains discovered on Alor island in Indonesia offer new insight into human migration through Southeast Asia thousands of years ago, say researchers from The Australian National University (ANU).
