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By Boing Boing on May 2, 2024 in: History
Basing their work on a skull unearthed in 2018, researchers reconstructed the head of a mid-forties Neanderthal woman who lived 75,000 years ago. Shanidar Z, as she has been named, was about 5ft tall and her sex determined via dental proteins. —...
By Business Insider on Feb 15, 2024 in: Science, archaeology
Neanderthals' extinction is one of the biggest mysteries about the species. In "The Naked Neanderthal," Ludovic Slimak says humans were the cause.
By Boing Boing on Sep 12, 2023 in: Science
Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, the lead scientist at the "Cave of Bones" site of Homo naledi fossils in South Africa, spoke at the Explorers Club in New York City Monday evening. He and his team have made amazing discoveries in the Rising Star cave...
By Business Insider on Jun 27, 2023 in: Science
Butchery marks on a fossilized bone belonging to a human ancestor suggest the flesh was removed for possible consumption, which shocked researchers.
By Life Hacker on Aug 4, 2022 in: environment, politics, articles
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By Business Insider on Nov 6, 2021 in: Science, News
Scientists have uncovered the first fossil of a Homo naledi child. This ancestor lived about 250,000 years ago, likely alongside modern humans.
By Business Insider on Jun 25, 2021 in: Science, News
A species of human ancestor called Homo longi, or "Dragon Man," lived in China 146,000 years ago. It may have interbred with ancient humans.