The genus Homo is older than thought…
Another close-up view of the Homo mandible, LD350-1, shown just steps from where Arizona State University graduate student Chalachew Seyoum from Ethiopia spotted it. The scientists involved in the...
View ArticleD4500 & D2600, A Complete Skull from Dmanisi, Georgia
The face of Skull 5. Credit: Guram Bumbiashvili, Georgian National Museum A complete 1.8 million year old skull found from Dmanisi, Georgia could be evidence that early hominids are actually all...
View ArticleMicrowear Analysis at Dmanisi
This month in the Journal of Human Evolution, a new study on the teeth of the Dmanisi Homo erectus has been published. A site in the Republic of Georgia, Dmanisi has yielded a vast quantity of hominin...
View ArticleOldest Modern Human China Remains From China
Several views of a human jawbone and molars found in a Chinese cave. National Geographic is running news that Erik Trinkhaus and others have published the findings of the oldest modern human outside of...
View ArticleHobbits Might Not Be A Homo After All
The controversies over the hobbits or Homo floresiensis just refuse to end. It seems that the hobbits might not be a Homo after all. I guess they found the index and ring fingers of the hobbits (Sorry,...
View ArticleGarden of Eden: The Origin Of Modern Humans
A new genetic survey by Dr. Sarah A. Tishkoff of the University of Pennsylvania and her team has found that modern humans originated in an area between Namibia and Angola, on the coast of southwest...
View ArticleHobbits In The Haystack: Homo floresiensis And Human Evolution
The 7th Human Evolution Symposium, Hobbits in the Haystack: Homo floresiensis and Human Evolution was held yesterday at Stony Brook. Turnouts were great despite damp and rainy weather. Convened by...
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