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Early human fossils found in cave are a million years older than expected

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Fossils of early ...
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Fossils show two types of ancient human ancestors lived at the same place and time. One was possibly an unknown species

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...
Nature

Reappraising the palaeobiology of Australopithecus

The study of hominin origins is a core topic in the evolutionary sciences. Since the naming of Australopithecus almost 100 years ago 1 and the questions that ensued 2, our knowledge of the hominin ...
The Conversation

How old are South African fossils like the Taung Child? New study offers an answer

The skull of the Taung Child. Bernhard Zipfel/© University of the Witwatersrand, Author provided (no reuse) In the century since the Taung Child was found and described, a great debate has developed ...
Science Daily

Early human ancestor, Australopithecus sediba, fossils discovered in rock

A large rock containing significant parts of a skeleton of an early human ancestor has just been discovered. The skeleton is believed to be the remains of "Karabo," the type skeleton of ...