A coastal migration up and out of Africa was more likely to succeed than an overland journey.
- Honorary Research Associate, Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Global cooling associated with the impact of supernova remnants may have affected plants and animals, including species related to humans.
Using a method applied directly to ancient hominin teeth, researchers have calculated the age of several important fossils.
Platinum diketahui terkonsentrasi di meteorit, jadi ketika banyak platinum ditemukan di satu tempat pada waktu yang bersamaan, ini bisa menjadi pertanda dampak kosmik.
Could platinum-rich dust associated with the impact of a very large meteorite have contributed to major climatic change and extinctions 12,800 years ago?
This new research offers compelling proof that the naysayers were right. “Mrs” Ples was actually a “Mr”.
One of paleontology’s most notorious hoaxes has long been blamed on a serial forger named Charles Dawson. But might a Jesuit priest have been in on a joke that went wrong ?
New evidence suggests that Homo naledi didn’t deliberately deposit their dead in a hidden chamber.
A 400-year-old poem offers yet more evidence to suggest that William Shakespeare may have found at least some of his inspiration in cannabis.
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.
South African forensics may provide clues to the 400-year-old mystery of what was smoked in pipes found in Shakespeare’s garden.
The challenge we face after a century of extraordinary discoveries is pinning down the lineage and mapping the evolutionary route through which we as human beings got here.
