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Skull found in China may have belonged to long-lost 'Dragon Man'
5-22-2024 |
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For years, anthropologists struggled to determine which human ancestor the skull - along with two others - belonged to.
Researchers recreate the face of the real-life 'Hobbit' of Flores
VIDEO 7-5-2023 | 11
The face of this long-lost human ancestor has been painstakingly recreated from fossil remains using computer software.
Weird creature with no anus was not earliest human ancestor
8-17-2022 | 3
Scientists have determined that this very strange 500 million-year-old creature was not actually related to humans.
Is an ancient human ancestor hiding in Indonesia ?
4-28-2022 | 39
A controversial new book claims that the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis may not have actually gone extinct.
Human-like footprints could be over 6 million years old
10-22-2021 | 3
Tracks left by an ancient human ancestor in what is now Crete could be much older than previously believed.
Human ancestor facial reconstructions revealed
3-5-2021 | 5
Scientists have painstakingly recreated the faces of two of our earliest ancestors dating back millions of years.
Skull of human ancestor found in South Africa
11-10-2020 | 3
Dating back 2 million years, the skull belonged to an early human cousin called Paranthropus robustus.
Cannibal tooth yields oldest ever human DNA
4-7-2020 | 9
Scientists have analyzed genetic material from a tooth of an ancient human ancestor that lived 800,000 years ago.
'Little Foot' human ancestor goes on display
12-8-2017 | 5
For the first time ever, South Africa's oldest known hominid skeleton has been unveiled to the public.
13 million-year-old human ancestor unearthed
8-10-2017 | 30
Palaeontologists have discovered the skull of what is thought to be mankind's earliest known ancestor.
Scientists find oldest known human ancestor
1-30-2017 | 13
Known as Saccorhytus, this tiny creature is the earliest known step on the evolutionary path of mankind.
Prehistoric footprints unearthed in Tanzania
12-14-2016 | 7
Several sets of footprints left by an ancient human ancestor have been found at the site of a new museum.
Right-handedness found in human ancestor
10-24-2016 | 4
Dominant hand preference appears to date back to a time long before modern humans arrived on the scene.
Did ancient hominin 'Lucy' fall from a tree ?
8-29-2016 | 13
Scientists believe that an early human ancestor discovered 40 years ago died after falling out of a tree.
Archaic human fossil dates back 14,000 years
12-18-2015 | 14
Scientists have found evidence that a prehistoric species of human was still alive relatively recently.
Palaeontologists unveil new human ancestor
VIDEO 9-10-2015 | 45
A treasure trove of bones has been found inside a hidden chamber within a cave near Johannesburg.
New human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia
5-30-2015 | 23
Anthropologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a human ancestor dating back 3.2 million years.
Earliest human ancestor unearthed in Ethiopia
3-5-2015 | 25
The discovery has pushed back the emergence of the earliest humans by up to 400,000 years.
Were early human ancestors ‘aquatic apes’ ?
4-29-2013 | 65
The controversial theory that humans evolved from amphibious apes has been gaining new support.
Early chimp-human fossil uncovered
4-13-2013 | 19
The two-million-year-old fossil remains of an ancient human ancestor have been uncovered in South Africa.
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