1.5-Million-Year-Old Hominin Fossil Reveals Missing Link In Human Evolution
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The ancient history of human evolution just got a bit more complicated, or perhaps the answers are there but scientists must still put together the jigsaw puzzle. Researchers say a 1.5-million-year-old hominin fossil points to a previously unknown chapter in our history books and reveals a missing link in human […]
Scientists Question Whether Meat Eating Really Changed Human Evolution
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Quintessential human traits such as large brains first appear in Homo erectus nearly 2 million years ago. This evolutionary transition towards human-like traits is often linked to a major dietary shift involving greater meat consumption. A new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, however, calls into question the […]
Homo Bodoensis Is A New Species Of Human Ancestors Who Lived Half A Million Years Ago
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An international team of researchers, led by University of Winnipeg palaeoanthropologist Dr. Mirjana Roksandic, has announced the naming of a new species of human ancestor, Homo bodoensis. This species lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene, around half a million years ago, and was the direct ancestor of modern humans. The […]
Unusual 260,000-Year-Old Modern-Shaped Florisbad Skull Challenges The Theory Of Evolution
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A remarkable skull found in South Africa challenges the theory of evolution. This 260,000-year-old skull is extraordinary because the frontal bone of this individual, dated to around 260,000 years ago, has a completely modern shape. When and where did the first human appear? For years, archaeologists and scientists have tried […]