News articles tagged with 'Homo' (Page 2)
The 'Peking Man' may be older than previously thought
— 11 Mar 2009 18:00 | Geology and palaeontologyThe bones of Homo erectus pekinensis, commonly known as Peking Man, may be older than thought, according to a new dating analysis published in the most recent issue (12 March 2009)…
Top minds in 'Hobbit' debate gather at Stony Brook University
— 7 Feb 2009 12:44 | Geology and palaeontologyAs the debate rages on about whether Homo floresiensis - so called 'Hobbit' - fossils discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003 represent a separate human species, researchers…
'Hobbit' fossils represent a new species
— 18 Dec 2008 11:12 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of Minnesota anthropology professor Kieran McNulty (along with colleague Karen Baab of Stony Brook University in New York) has made an important contribution toward solving…
Prehistoric pelvis offers clues to human development
— 14 Nov 2008 19:24 | Geology and palaeontologyDiscovery of the most intact female pelvis of Homo erectus may cause scientists to reevaluate how early humans evolved to successfully birth larger-brained babies. 'This is the most…
New evidence debunks 'stupid' Neanderthal myth
— 26 Aug 2008 14:09 | Geology and palaeontologyResearch by UK and American scientists has struck another blow to the theory that Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) became extinct because they were less intelligent than our ancestors…
Brain morphology of Liujiang cranium fossil reconstructed
— 16 Jul 2008 17:55 | Geology and palaeontologyHominin fossils are the most important materials to explore human origins and evolution. Since most hominin fossils are incomplete, or filled with a heavy calcified matrix, it is difficult…
Remnant of the first European discovered in Spain
— 26 Mar 2008 18:00 | Geology and palaeontologyDuring the 2007 field season, the Atapuerca Research Team, led by professors Juan Luis Arsuaga, Jose Maria Bermudez de Castro and Eudald Carbonell, discovered a human mandible associated…
New research sheds light on hobbit
— 20 Sep 2007 20:30 | Geology and palaeontologyAn international team of researchers led by the Smithsonian Institution has completed a new study on Homo floresiensis, commonly referred to as the 'hobbit,' a 3-foot-tall, 18,000-year-old…
New fossils challenge established views on early evolution of our genus Homo
— 12 Aug 2007 23:16 | Geology and palaeontologyTwo new fossils, described this week in the journal Nature, cast fresh light on a little understood and important period of human prehistory at the dawn of our own genus, Homo. The…