Humans’ evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago in today’s Kenya, according to a new study in Scientific Reports
Despite the dangers, early humans risked life-threatening flintknapping injuries, according to a new study published in American Antiquity
Human ancestors preferred mosaic landscapes and high ecosystem diversity, according to a new study in the journal Science
A study of the brain of the Homo erectus fossil with the lowest cranial capacity has been published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology
‘Homo erectus’ from Gongwangling could have been the earliest population in China; a new study published on the Journal of Human Evolution
The heat is on: Weizmann Institute scientists uncover traces of fire, from Evron Quarry, dating back at least 800,000 years; the study is published on PNAS
Denisovans, a sister species of modern human, inhabited Laos by 164-131,000 years with important implications for populations out of Africa and Australia
Early human habitats linked to past climate shifts. A study published in Nature by an international team of scientists provides clear evidence
The first attempt to apply cosmogenic nuclide isochron-burial dating directly to lithic tools from the Olduvai Gorge
A paper in Scientific Reports concludes that Homo antecessor had a shoulders development analogous to that in Homo sapiens, although its growth was faster
