Scientists have solved a longstanding mystery over the age of a landmark skull found in 1921 in Zambia – the first fossil of an extinct human species discovered in Africa – in research with big implications for deciphering the origin of our own species.
Up to now, studies have focused on determining when the first modern human arrived in China, but there has been hardly any research into the dynamics of this settlement. A joint paper by institutions from China, Spain and the United Kingdom proposes that, given its size and biogeographical diversity, China would have received migrations by Homo sapiens from both north and south, with hardly any overlap between them.
Archaeologists are hoping to establish the age of an ancient naked figure sculpted into a chalk hillside.
Reptiles inhabited prehistoric Morocco 100m years ago
The purpose of such an elaborate structure remains a big open question
Ikaria wariootia is half the size of a grain of rice and an early example of a bilateral organism
Researchers from Edinburgh university have discovered a new dinosaur “stomping ground” on Skye.
Inside the stout fins of a fish that prowled the shallow waters of an estuary in what is now eastern Canada about 380 million years ago, scientists have found what they call the evolutionary origins of the human hand.
The animal is a common ancestor of today’s ducks and chickens
High-resolution micro-CT scanning of the skull of the fossil specimen known as “Little Foot” has revealed some aspects of how this Australopithecus species used to live more than 3 million years ago.
