A new study shows how the mismatch between where fossils are preserved and where humans likely lived may influence our understanding of early human evolution. Much of the early human fossil record ...

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Even tiny muscles around the ears hint at our evolutionary past. In many mammals, tiny ear muscles allow the outer ear (pinna ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an international research team. The famous “Little Foot” skeleton from South Africa has ...

In 1998, researchers discovered one of the most complete known human ancestral fossils in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves. Almost two decades later, Ronald Clarke, the paleoanthropologist who had ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Many people hold the view that evolution in humans has come to a halt.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A 146,000-year-old skull recovered near Harbin, China, by scientists ...

WASHINGTON (August 20, 2024) – Much of the early human fossil record originates from just a few places in Africa, where favorable geological conditions have preserved a trove of fossils used by ...