1.4-million-year-old footprints in Kenya suggest Paranthropus boisei was far larger than thought and walked in groups
A group of fossil footprints found beside an ancient lake in northern Kenya is giving researchers one of…
Indonesia’s ‘hobbits’ may have scavenged Komodo dragon leftovers, not hunted or cooked, study says
Indonesia’s ancient “hobbits” may have endured not as daring hunters but as scavengers that capitalized on whatever food…
In African cave, Israeli, international scientists find signs of earliest use of fire
A team of international researchers, including Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Dr. Liora Kolska Horwitz, has found evidence of…
Acheulean Toolmakers Chose Their Stone with Surprising Precision
Geochemical analysis of 780,000-year-old stone tools from Israel suggests Acheulean (or Acheulian) hominins repeatedly sought specific basalt sources,…
Lead Exposure May Have Influenced Evolution of Human Brain, Behavior, and Development of Language
Several hominids — Australopithecus africanus, Paranthropus robustus, early Homo sp., Gigantopithecus blacki, Pongo sp., Papio sp., Homo neanderthalensis,…