We modeled how early human ancestors ran—and found they were surprisingly slow
Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...
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Ancient humans used bone tools one million years earlier than thought
The discovery joins other finds — such as a 1.4-million-year-old bone axe from Ethiopia — that suggest the human ancestor Homo erectus often used bones as ... which includes the famed fossil Lucy — ...
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From 'Lucy' to the 'Hobbits': The most famous fossils of human relatives
Although Lucy is a comprehensive specimen, the most complete individual ever found is that of Nariokotome Boy, a Homo erectus who lived about 1.5 million years ago. Also called Turkana Boy ...
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A Facial Fragment of Homo affinis erectus Found in Atapuerca Is the Oldest “Human Face” in Western Europe
Pink: fragment (ATE7-1) left of the face of an individual assigned to Homo aff. erectus recovered in level TE7 of the Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain). Credit: María D. Guillén / ...
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1.4-million-year-old bones deepen mystery of who reached Europe first
While experts haven’t confirmed Pink’s exact hominin species just yet, they may belong to our famous evolutionary relative, Homo erectus. Hominins began migrating into Eurasia at least 1.8 ...
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Cave discovery reveals previously unknown prehistoric human population in Europe
The team suspects the specimens belonged to Homo erectus, a species well-known from fossils found in Africa and Asia but whose remains have never been conclusively found in Europe. The mountainous ...
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15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human
Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...