Thanks to hundreds of fossil remains found in Africa studies can explore new scenarios about how our ancestors lived and evolved.
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Recent research suggests that humankind's origins lay outside of Africa. This is the nature of science: a paradigm that cannot be questioned on a regular basis becomes a dogma.
As an intellectual history of the disciplines of paleontology and paleoanthropology, Kuljan’s book is especially adept at narrating the interwoven connections between science and power.
Anthropologists gather clues about how our ancient ancestors lived from their teeth. What will future anthropologists make of us based on the fossilized pearly whites we'll leave behind?
An old technique to explore the inside of fossils unfortunately ended up destroying some unique specimens. New technology has been used to reconstruct one such fossil.
Cancer is not the modern disease many believe it to be. New fossil evidence from two South African caves suggests that its origins lie deep in prehistory.
Why being human can't be traced back to hunting, fire or any other single event.
The big question being asked is: where does Homo naledi fit in the evolutionary tree? Assessing the similarity or dissimilarity between fossil skulls has provided a possible clue to the answer.
Beyond the cool factor of figuring out hominin hearing capacities two million years ago, these findings could help answer the tantalizing question of when did human vocalized language first emerge.
A completely new human ancestor dating back to 3.5– 3.3 million years ago has been discovered.
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Postdoc in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Human Evolution, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer in Palaeolithic Archaeology, University of Southampton
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Palaeoanthropologist, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Reader in Biological and Forensic Anthropology, University of Central Lancashire
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