A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.
Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025.
Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...
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Tiny bump on 7 million-year-old fossil suggests ancient ape walked upright — and might even be a human ancestor
The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...
Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...
New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.
The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...
The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...
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The top human evolution discoveries of 2025, from the intriguing Neanderthal diet to the oldest Western European face fossil
This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...
Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...
Humans are fundamentally technological creatures. We depend on the manufacture and use of tools for our survival to a degree qualitatively greater than any other species. Therefore, an understanding ...
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