Jun 20, 2014 by News Staff

The Sima de los Huesos hominin, previously thought to belong to an ancient human species known as Homo heidelbergensis, is now reported to be an early...

Jun 9, 2014 by News Staff

Hominin faces – especially those of australopithecines – evolved to minimize injury from punches to the face during fights between males –...

Oct 22, 2013 by News Staff

A dental study of 1,200 molars and premolars from 13 hominin species shows that no known species matches the expected profile of the last common ancestor...

Jun 4, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Four new studies of carbon isotopes in fossilized tooth enamel from early hominins, including Australopithecus afarensis, Paranthropus boisei and Kenyanthropus...

Aug 10, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of scientists has reconstructed dietary preferences of three groups of early hominins from the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. Reconstructions...