Unusual 300,000-Year-Old Jawbone May Belong To An Unknown Vanished Human Lineage Anthropologists in China have unearthed fragments of a lower jaw that may have belonged to an unknown human lineage. The bone, which is around 300,000 years old, belonged to a young teenager and features a unique mosaic of ancient and modern traits, according to a new … Read more
Long-standing mystery of modified human skulls in ancient Japan solved by new analysis A team of biological anthropologists and archaeologists from Kyushu University and the University of Montana have broken new ground in our understanding on the practice of intentional cranial modification, a practice found in numerous ancient civilizations around the world. Publishing in PLOS ONE, … Read more
3,000-Year-Old Bone in Southeastern Alaska Reveals Prehistoric Woman’s Genetic Connection to Native American People A 3,000-year-old bone unearthed from a cave in southeastern Alaska is not from a bear, as originally thought, but from one of our own — a woman. And new research reveals that her genetics are essentially the same as the Native … Read more
Stone tools reflect three waves of migration of the earliest Homo sapiens into Europe It was long thought that modern humans first ventured into Europe about 42,000 years ago, but newly analyzed tools from the Stone Age have upended this idea. Now, evidence suggests that modern humans trekked into Europe in three waves between 54,000 … Read more
2,000-year-old graves found in ancient necropolis below busy Paris train station Just metres from a busy train station in the heart of Paris, scientists have uncovered 50 graves in an ancient necropolis which offer a rare glimpse of life in the French capital’s precursor Lutetia nearly 2,000 years ago. Somehow the buried necropolis was never … Read more
Bone tool found in Spain suggests prehistoric tailoring existed 40,000 years ago Almost 40,000 years ago, some of the earliest modern humans to settle in Spain wanted to strut their stuff in lovely fitted outfits that showed their charms. No throwing some lousy pelts over the shoulder that would make them look fat – that’s … Read more
12,000 Years Ago, Mysterious Egg-Headed People Inhabited China Archaeologists excavated 25 human skeletons with elongated skulls dating back perhaps as long as 12,000 years ago from Houtaomuga archaeological site in northeast China. The strange shape of the skulls symbolizes a part of the ritual in ancient China. The discovery provides additional proof that cranial alterations were prevalent … Read more
7.2-million-year-old pre-human fossils challenge modern human evolution theory The first hominin species, a line that eventually leads to humans, may have emerged in Europe 7.2 million years ago and not Africa—the most widely accepted starting point for our ancestors. An international team of scientists has presented two studies that suggest the divergence point between chimpanzees … Read more
Polish Archaeologists Discover One of the Oldest Cases of Skull Surgery in NE Africa Poznań archaeologists working in Sudan unearthed one of the oldest known cases of trepanation of the skull in North East Africa, dating back roughly 7,000 years. Dr. Maciej Jórdeczka, the project’s leader, told PAP about the discovery. The discovery was made … Read more
Scientists discover remains of Hobbit human that stood only 3ft high and lived 700,000 years ago in Indonesia An international team of researchers has just announced the discovery of 700,000-year-old remains that are related to a tiny species of human ancestors, lovingly referred to as ‘hobbits’. Found on an island in Indonesia, the newly found … Read more