Unveiling the Enigma: Reconstructing the Appearance of Our Last Common Ancestor with Apes The closest living relatives of humans are the apes such as chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and gibbons. We all had the same common ancestor that lived during the Miocene epoch (23 million to 5 million years ago). While scientists don’t have any remains … Read more
Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country’s oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern humans’ hominin ancestors. The find announced Thursday would drag the dawn of … Read more
700,000-Year-Old human Skull Found In Greece Completely Shatters ‘Out Of Africa Theory’ Nature has always been a random architect. Entering Petralona Cave, which was formed in the limestone of Katsika Hill about a million years ago, makes this very clear. The cavern, which is known as “the red-rock cave” because of the color the bauxite … 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
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