If Homo floresiensis wasn’t a fire-using hunter, its origins could be different than we thought. Komodo dragons use their venomous […]
Category: hominin evolution
Every Homo naledi we know of is female, and the implications are fascinating
“There is no natural explanation,” says paleoanthropologist John Hawks. Neo, the type specimen for Homo naledi, was originally thought to […]
Neanderthal brains measure up to ours—literally
(When we talk about “intelligence,” we’re describing something complex and, frankly, sort of nebulous; it’s impossible to really quantify, but […]
“Million-year-old” fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans
careful with that, it’s an antique The revised age may help make sense of 2-million-year-old stone tools elsewhere in China. […]