Scientists have recently dated and described fossils from what may be a new species of hominid, the Red Deer Cave people. The discovery could shed new light on emergence of humankind in East Asia.New Human Species Discovered? How China Fossils Could Redefine 'Human.'DoyleBurr, Nora
A near-perfectly preserved ancient human fossil known as the Harbin cranium sits in the Geoscience Museum in Hebei GEO University. The largest of known Homo skulls, scientists now say this skull represents a newly discovered human species named Homo longi or “Dragon Man.”...
Meet Homo naledi, the newest member of the human family. Its physical traits are weird, its circumstances are unique and its age is totally unknown
"There have been a lot of finds in this area that were not meant to be there," Grun said. Recent discoveries of other human species like Homo floresiensis, also in the Philippines, and Homo naledi in South Africa shows these groups existed much more recently than was thought. "The idea ...
Another view of the newly discovered electric rayTetronarce cowleyi,which was found in the southeastern Atlantic. The ray can discharge a powerful electric shock of 45 volts to paralyze its prey -- "enough to knock down a human adult!" said co-discoverer Dr. David Ebert. ...
Researchers say they've found a new species of human relatives, which they have called Homo Bodoensis. The species lived in Afric a around 500,000 years ago, and the scientists behind the discovery think it was the direct member of modern humans who lived a long time ago.Homo Bodoensis(...
Native to southern Ecuador, the newfound serpents belong to a little-studied group of snakes that spend their lives underground.
A paleontologist discovered a new species of fossil from 444 million years ago she calls an “inside-out, legless, headless wonder.” This new species of multi-segmented fossil and has officially been named Keurbos susanae, or “Sue” for short. The discovery of this new species is a resul...
The researchers also noted that the cave-dwelling fish species faces threats due to lack of food and human activities.■
The remarkably well-preserved fossil has been labeled a new human species,Homo longi,by Chinese researchers. The species has been dubbed "Dragon man," for the northern Chinese province where the skull was found, Heilongjiang — or in English, the "Black Dragon River" region. ...