Excavations at Tanzania's famed Olduvai Gorge have uncovered the oldest known fossil hand bone resembling those of people today. The bone from a hominid's left pinkie finger dates to at least 1.84 million years ago and looks more like corresponding bones of modern humans than like finger ...
The oldest known bones of our species, dating back around 300,000 years, have been discovered in a cave in Morocco. The fossils — which belong to five individuals, including a teenager and a younger child — push backthe origin ofHomo sapiensby 100,000 years, scientists say. The fossils ...
one of the oldest known examples ofHomo sapiens. Using geochemical clues to match the layer of volcanic ash blanketing the fossil to a specific volcanic eruption, they discovered Omo I is 36,000 years older than previously believed. Ash from an enormous eruption of the...
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The blend of features in the new fossil further challenges the old theory that hominids evolved each key trait only once in a line of descent. “It’s a great example of how the fossil record keeps showing how wrong our inferences are,” said Susan Antón at Rutgers University. ...
Moreover, the one known Denisovan tooth is significantly different from teeth seen at the Pit of Bones. Second, the Sima de los Huesos humans may be related to the ancestors of both Neanderthals and Denisovans. The researchers consider this plausible given the fossil's age, but they would ...
The oldest known human DNA, which may belong to a mysterious branch of humanity, reveals human evolution was even more confusing than thought, researchers say.
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Java, Indonesia, 19th-century physician Eugene Dubois uncovered an astounding fossil find: the bones of what appeared to be an ancient human, surrounded by animal remains and shells. Excavated in the 1890s, the site gained fame as the home of “Java Man,” better known today ...