hominin fossils, Human Evolution and Moroccan quarry
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New fossils unearthed in Morocco could help solve the mystery of how Homo sapiens diverged from other ancient humans like Neanderthals.
A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.
A collection of jawbones and vertebrae from Casablanca reveals details about a possible ancestor of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans.
Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025.
The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and connection between biology and culture in human evolution.
Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi more than 65,000 years ago?
They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins continued to make news.