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
The molar size relationship is one of the peculiar characteristics of the different species of hominins and various theories have been proposed
A new study on the brain of Homo erectus analyzes its temporal lobes and compares these with other species like H. ergaster and H. sapiens