Paleoanthropology

Discoveries Ancient DNA identifies 146,000 year-old ‘Dragon Man’ as a Denisovan

Two molecular studies link the nearly complete Harbin skull, at least 146,000 years old, to the elusive Denisovan lineage.

Discoveries 2.6-million-year-old jaw fossil challenges long-held ideas about early hominins Joshua Shavit

Green Impact Africa’s Turkana Rift has entered a critical stage of continental breakup Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Australopithecus findings could rewrite how we classify millions of years of human evolution Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Wild monkeys challenge a long-held assumption about the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries 1.4 million-year-old footprints reveal an ancient group of human-sized hominins Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries New fossil discovery explains the disappearance of the Flores ‘Hobbits’ 61,000 years ago Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Neanderthals began life more like humans than scientists thought Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries New research finds early humans first used fire over one million years ago Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries 3.67 million year old fossil provides new insight into the evolution of the human face Rebecca Shavit