All articles tagged with #early humans
A recent study reveals that early modern humans, called the LRJ Group, lived in Europe around 45,000 years ago, sharing the continent with Neanderthals and using distinctive tools. Genetic analysis shows these groups were closely related but left no descendants, highlighting a brief and unique chapter in human history marked by movement, connection, and survival challenges.
Archaeologists at Kalambo Falls in Zambia discovered a wooden structure dating back approximately 476,000 years, predating Homo sapiens, indicating early humans engaged in deliberate construction and environmental reshaping using timber, with implications for understanding prehistoric technology and behavior.
Archaeologists in Zambia have discovered a 476,000-year-old wooden structure beneath Kalambo Falls, revealing advanced early human craftsmanship and environmental manipulation, challenging traditional views of the Stone Age and highlighting the complexity of early human societies.
Archaeologists at Kalambo Falls in Zambia discovered a wooden structure dating back approximately 476,000 years, predating Homo sapiens, indicating early humans engaged in deliberate construction and environmental reshaping using timber, with implications for understanding prehistoric technology and behavior.
A study reveals that early humans like Homo habilis were still preyed upon by predators such as leopards around 1.75 million years ago, challenging previous beliefs that humans had already become top predators by that time.
Researchers used advanced digital reconstruction techniques on a 1-million-year-old skull found in China, revealing it belongs to Homo longi, a lineage related to modern humans, potentially pushing back the timeline of human origins.
A reanalysis of a 1-million-year-old skull from China suggests it may belong to Homo longi, indicating that modern human origins could be much older and outside Africa, potentially reshaping our understanding of human evolutionary history.
A new study suggests that early humans may have crossed from Turkey to Greece over land now submerged under the Aegean Sea during periods of low sea levels, supported by the discovery of Acheulean stone tools in Ayvalık, Turkey, indicating a potential alternative route for human dispersal into Europe.
Archaeological evidence shows that humans in Southeast Asia 40,000 years ago were skilled in deep-water fishing and boat-building, using advanced tools, fibers, and coordinated efforts, indicating complex maritime knowledge and long-distance interactions much earlier than previously thought.
A new study reveals that the first Americans carried Denisovan DNA, which may have helped them fight diseases, with evidence showing a complex genetic exchange involving Neanderthals and Denisovans that contributed to their survival and adaptation.
Recent fossil finds in Ethiopia suggest that early humans and their ape ancestors coexisted, challenging the traditional linear view of human evolution and indicating a complex, bushy evolutionary tree with multiple hominin species living simultaneously.
Ancient stone tools found on Sulawesi, Indonesia, date back over 1 million years, indicating early human presence and oceanic crossing much earlier than previously thought, possibly by Homo erectus or related species, highlighting Sulawesi's significant role in human evolution.
Research by Adam D. Gordon reveals that some of our earliest ancestors, Australopithecus afarensis and A. africanus, exhibited significant size differences between males and females, suggesting intense male competition and diverse social structures in early hominin evolution.
A new study reveals that early humans began using fire around 50,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought, influencing regional environments and the global carbon cycle, with implications for understanding human impact on climate history.
A study reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave used ochre not only for symbolic purposes but also as specialized tools in stone toolmaking, indicating advanced technological skills and complex behaviors much earlier than previously thought.