Figures from a research paper on the oldest modern human fossil, detected in Ethiopia near the site of an ancient volcano in what is now Lake Shala. (Image via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — One of ...

The time period is full of fossil hominins that morphologically are “a bit of a mess,” he added. Some look distinct, but some have Neanderthal features, and still others have Homo sapiens ...

The collection includes replicas of Sahelanthropus tchadensis from around seven million years ago. The most recent fossils are those of Homo sapiens from around 10,000 years ago. Any H. sapiens ...

Now, a newly discovered human fossil found in Northern Israel suggests that early Homo sapiens left Africa at least 50,000 years sooner than previously thought. It had been believed for quite some ...

These fossils—a molar and six pieces of bone—are older than any previously analyzed fossils of Homo sapiens, which were from individuals who lived around 45,000 to 41,500 years ago, Science News ...

and new fossil and archaeological data continually reshape, revise, and complicate current models and hypotheses. For example, early European representatives of Homo sapiens can be distinguished ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens ... afarensis is the oldest hominin fossil in the Museum's collection Visitors to the gallery will also be able to see a replica of one ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed ...