An “obsession” with the lower jaw of a long-dead human, unearthed in the 1960s at a prehistoric Moroccan campsite, led palaeoanthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin to the discovery of a lifetime. After decades of work to identify the jawbone’s owner, Hublin was able to announce Wednesday that it belonged to the earliest known member of our species. … Read more
High-tech dating of mastodon remains found in southern California has shattered the timeline of human migration to America, pushing the presence of hominins back to 130,000 years ago rather than just 15,000 years, researchers said Wednesday. Teeth and bones of the elephant-like creature unmistakably modified by human hands, along with stone hammers and anvils, leave … Read more
Human bones marred with man-sized teeth marks have been found in caves and tombs across the world, leading scientists to conclude that our ancestors ate flesh. Scientists have previously suggested that early humans turned cannibal to get a much-needed protein boost when food was scarce. But new research suggests our early ancestors may have actually … Read more