Tim White, Berhane Asfaw, and Gen Suwa, who have long worked together unearthing and analyzing fossils in Africa ... important evidence in the search for human origins, but points out Walker ...

Ancient artifacts such as stone tools and fossils, including ancient human skulls and teeth, provide crucial information for understanding the origins of modern humans. The archaeological record ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — Brain size increased gradually within each ancient human species rather than through sudden leaps between ... The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long ...

Two fossils named Ardi and Lucy provide evidence for human evolution. Both were found in Africa. Ardi is a female human-like fossilised skeleton that dates from 4.4 million years ago. Ardi's bones ...

Because life as we know it depends on the death and decomposition of organisms, the fossil record is necessarily incomplete. As such, finding fossils involves not only perseverance and luck ...

What makes this research particularly exciting is how it represents a significant leap forward in our understanding of human prehistory. The eastern Asian fossil record has traditionally lagged ...

hominids changed; they evolved; some diverged and became new species. This is the story of our distant relatives, as told by the fossil record.

"Tooth enamel is not renewed during life," Dr Humphrey explains, "so it preserves a record of ... skull's importance in human prehistory. "Only two people were allowed to handle the fossil ...

Ongoing human-induced climatic change ... To address this challenge, researchers are turning to the deep-sea fossil record, which offers a unique window into how deep-sea ecosystems and their ...