Ancient DNA identifies 146,000 year-old ‘Dragon Man’ as a Denisovan
Ancient DNA and proteins identify China’s nearly complete “Dragon Man” skull as Denisovan.The fossil, at least 146,000 years…
Africa’s Turkana Rift has entered a critical stage of continental breakup
The crust beneath the Turkana Rift has thinned to about 13 kilometers, placing the region in an advanced…
1.4-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal a Giant Human Relative
One of the large, 1.4-million-year-old footprints that the team excavated. A 6-inch (~15 cm) ruler is shown for…
New fossil discovery explains the disappearance of the Flores ‘Hobbits’ 61,000 years ago
In a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, a tiny human relative once lived alongside dwarf elephants,…