The History of Humanity in Your Face
How did the modern human face evolve to look the way it does?
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New Species of Early Human Found in the Philippines
The findings represent a major breakthrough in our understanding of human evolution across Southeast Asia
From Stone Age Chips to Microchips: How Tiny Tools May Have Made Us Human
The technology of miniaturization set hominins apart from other primates
Scientists Confirm Pair of Skeletons Are from Same Early Hominin Species
The fossil site of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa yielded two partial skeletons
Study Challenges Evolution of FOXP2 as Human-Specific Language Gene
FOXP2, a gene implicated in affecting speech and language, is held up as a textbook example of positive selection on a human-specific trait
Homo Sapiens Developed a New Ecological Niche That Separated It from Other Hominins
Our species' ability to occupy diverse and "extreme" settings around the world stands in stark contrast to the ecological adaptations of other hominin taxa
Cranium of a Four-Million-Year-Old Hominin Shows Similarities to That of Modern Humans
The "virtual" revisiting of a fossil described as "the oldest evidence of human evolution in South Africa" shows surprising results
South African Cave Yields yet More Fossils of a Newfound Relative
The discovery helps round out the picture of a creature that scientists now know shared the landscape with modern humans—and probably other hominin species—between 226,000 and 335,000 years ago
A Bone-Deep Kinship
A Neanderthal rib fragment provides conclusive evidence that the ancient hominins were susceptible to a benign bone tumor of modern humans.