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What's Hot in Human Origins

 

Check out the latest human origins discoveries and research findings! This is where we post hot-off-the-presses news in human origins. We read the original articles and summarize them in a clear, understandable way so you can keep up to date on all findings in this vibrant field of science.

 

April 12, 2013
Australopithecus sediba – new analyses and surprises

A different way of walking upright

August 16, 2012
New fossils confirm diverse species at the root of our lineage

At least three species of Homo coexisted in Africa nearly 2 million years ago

June 28, 2012
Australopithecus sediba was a vegetarian

South African species ate bark, forest fruit, and woodland plants

June 15, 2012
New dates for old cave art in Spain

Oldest cave art in Europe dates back to at least 40,800 years ago

March 28, 2012
Battle of the Bipeds?

Fossil foot discovery suggests humans had different ways of walking 

September 8, 2011
A New Ancestor for Us All?

South African skeletons point to the origin of the genus Homo

June 26, 2011
The Human Origins Program blogs from the field this summer!

What discoveries will be made this season at the Smithsonian excavations in Kenya?

February 12, 2011
Australopithecus sediba casts given to the Smithsonian

Casts of recent fossil discovery on display in the Hall of Human Origins

January 5, 2011
Neanderthals Ate Plants, Too

Cooked Wild Barley Found In Neanderthal Teeth

December 10, 2010
Hobbit's 'Lost World'

Were hobbits hunted by giant storks?

August 12, 2010
Oldest Use of Stone Tools?

Did Lucy’s species butcher animals 3.4 million years ago? 

July 7, 2010
Early Humans Arrive in Britain

Scientists have found the oldest known stone tools from Britain, more than 780,000 years old. This may signal the first early human migration to a cold, forested environment.

May 6, 2010
The Neanderthal Genome

The Neanderthal genetic code is mapped!

March 24, 2010
Did ‘Hobbit’ ancestor get to Flores 1 million years ago?

Stone tools push back date of early human habitation on Flores

March 16, 2010
A Skeleton Named 'Ardi'

The Latest Famous Early Human Fossil

March 7, 2010
Giant Early-Human-Eating Horned Croc Fossils Found in Tanzania

Newly discovered fossil crocodile may have been largest predator humans ever encountered

February 6, 2010
Running Barefoot Blunts Foot's Force

Going shoeless tempers impact, but effect on injuries uncertain