Rethinking Australia’s Origins: When Did the First Humans Really Arrive?

A new study by a Utah anthropologist, based on genetic evidence, concludes that the colonizers of Sahul arrived later than ...
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Discovery of First Fossil Hand Linked to P. Boisei Suggests the Bygone Human Relative Could Have Used Tools

The fossils indicate that P. boisei ’s human-like hand proportions would have allowed it to handle stone tools with dexterity ...

First known hand fossils of extinct human relative reveal ‘surprising’ features

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...
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The First Neolithic Self-Portrait? Stony Human Face Emerges In 12,000-Year-Old Ruins At Karahan Tepe

First discovered in 1997, Karahan Tepe is a sprawling 12,000-year-old site where rows of stone pillars are carved with ...
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Fossil footprints reveal two species of human ancestors lived side-by-side, a scientific first

After comparing shapes, depths, and pressure patterns, this study found that two different hominin species left footprints in ...
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First Human Face Carved on Ancient T-Pillar Discovered at Karahantepe

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery at Karahantepe has shattered expectations about Neolithic symbolic expression, as researchers uncovered the first T-shaped pillar ever found with a distinctly ...