Human fossils

The species to which humans belong, homo sapiens, is believed to have come into existence between 100 000 - 200 000 years ago. Because this is too long ago for any written records to have existed, scientists must use other methods to gather information about our evolutionary past. The most useful of these methods have been the study of human fossils, the archeological record, and genetic analysis.

South Africa's status as a major cradle in the African nursery of humankind has been reinforced with today's unveiling of "Little Foot", the country's oldest, virtually complete fossil human ancestor. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

Lucy, the world’s most famous fossil human ancestor, has gone digital in 3-D. A new high-resolution CT scan of the 3.2 million-year-old skeleton will provide scientists around the globe with information that may help settle debates about human evolution. The virtual Lucy could prove invaluable to scientists by giving them their first glimpse inside her […]

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Footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico provide the earliest unequivocal evidence of human activity in the Americas and offer insight into life over 23,000 years ago.

A re-evaluation of early human remains and artifacts from Morocco has pushed back the advent of Homo sapiens by 100,000 years. Two new papers suggest the oldest of the fossils comes from 300,000 to 350,000 years ago. This may lead researchers to re-think their general search in the area around the Great Rift Valley of East Africa for the origin of our species.

On the 10th of May 1959 was discovered the Petralona cave, which had been accidentally located by Philippos Chatzaridis. One year later (16-9-1960) the fossilized cranium of a prehistoric man, covered by stalagmitic material, was found by Chris...

One of the back bones from the important early human comes from a baboon – a surprising discovery for such a well-studied primate fossil

We are the naked apes of the world, having shed most of our body hair long ago