The famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit is one million years older than previously thought; a new study is published on PNAS
Complex Human Childbirth and Cognitive Abilities are a Result of Walking Upright, a new study published on Communications Biology finds
A paper in Scientific Reports concludes that Homo antecessor had a shoulders development analogous to that in Homo sapiens, although its growth was faster
Several hypothesis suggest a link between the origin of the genus Homo and the climatic and environmental changes that took place in Africa between 2.5 and 3 million years ago