When did humans get to South America? This giant shelled mammal fossil may hold clues

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Perezosos gigantes y mastodontes coexistieron con humanos por milenios en América, según hallazgos

SAO PAULO — Los perezosos no siempre fueron animales peludos y lentos que vivían en los árboles. “Existía la idea de que los humanos llegaron y acabaron con todo muy rápidamente, a lo que se denomina ‘exceso de destrucción del Pleistoceno’”, dijo Daniel Odess, arqueólogo del Parque Nacional White Sands, en Nuevo México. Sus hallazgos, junto con otros descubrimientos recientes, …

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Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest

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SAO PAULO — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print “There was this idea that humans arrived and killed everything off very quickly — what’s called ‘Pleistocene overkill,’” said Daniel Odess, an archaeologist at White Sands National Park in New Mexico. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook …

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2 weeks ago

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern humans belong. These include nearly 20 ancient human fossils, a well-preserved skull, over 400 stone tools, and numerous bones with evidence of human processing. The fossils exhibit …

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Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

This photo taken on Dec 6, 2024 shows human skull fossil fragments displayed at the exhibition hall of Hualongdong site in Dongzhi county of Chizhou city, East China's Anhui province. HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to …

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2 weeks ago

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

This photo taken on Dec 6, 2024 shows human skull fossil fragments displayed at the exhibition hall of Hualongdong site in Dongzhi county of Chizhou city, East China's Anhui province. HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to …

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2 weeks ago

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern humans belong. These include nearly 20 ancient human fossils, a well-preserved skull, over 400 stone tools, and numerous bones with evidence of human processing. The fossils exhibit …

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Muddy footprints suggest 2 species of early humans were neighbors in Kenya 1.5 million years ago

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Muddy footprints left on a Kenyan lakeside suggest two of our early human ancestors were nearby neighbors some 1.5 million years ago. The footprints were left in the mud by two different species “within a matter of hours, or at most days,” said paleontologist Louise Leakey, co-author of the research published Thursday in the journal Science. “It’s an …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

The Whole Story of How Humans Evolved From Great Apes

Wired

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Its fossilized anatomy offered evidence of early human upright walking—and 50 years later, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia that would become a hot spot for ancient human discovery, this understanding took another leap backwards in time with the discovery of Lucy. Lucy the “paleo-rock star” took …

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Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “It’s surprising that you would have two kinds of similarly sized, large-bodied hominin species on the same landscape,” said Kevin Hatala, first author of a study on the footprints that published in the journal Science on Thursday. Briana Pobiner, a research scientist and museum educator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural …

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2 months ago

Giant elephant skull found in the Himalayas leaves scientists perplexed

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Fossils reveal first direct clues to daring migration across seas by early humans

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Matching sets of dinosaur footprints found thousands of miles apart

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Matching sets of footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs once traveled along a type of highway 120 million years ago before the two continents split apart, according to new research. “One of the youngest and narrowest geological connections between Africa and South America was the elbow …

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4 months ago

Remains of massive creature that lived alongside the world's first humans discovered in Iowa

Daily Mail

The remains of a giant creature that roamed Earth alongside the first humans have been unearthed in Iowa. Archaeologists found several bones and massive skull of a 13,600-year-old mastodon buried deep in the mud of a creek bank, marking the state's first well-preserved specimen. Archaeologists in Iowa have unearthed remains of a mastodon that lived in the area more than …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Remains of alien-like creature with spines and flailing appendages are discovered in North American

Daily Mail

Scientists discovered the fossils of an alien-like spiked sea creature that lived more than 500 million years ago in Canada. The creatures, called a lobopodian, had a long body and short legs with spikes protruding outward from its back while appendages similar to feathers grew from the front of its body The creature, named a lobopodian, was among 10,000 fossils …

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8 months ago

Jawdropping discovery: Remains of extinct human species that died thousands of years ago found in kitchen floor tiles

Daily Mail

A dentist caught a huge surprise when he visited his parents' house and spotted a familiar bit of anatomy embedded into the corridor of their newly renovated home. Reddit is rife with fake posts, but multiple experts confirmed to DailyMail.com that this really does appear to be a jawbone, and that it probably belonged to either a modern human or, …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Archaeologists uncover ancient skeletons they believe could be up to 1500 years old

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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists in Mexico have …

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1 year ago

Mexico's ‘alien mummies’ are 'unknown species', experts put forth shocking claims and raises new questions

Hindustan Times

Two months after two 'non-human' mummies were showcased to the world with claims that they may be extraterrestrial, now there experts have put forth ‘proof’ to suggest that those corpses were not fake and could be non-humans. One of the two ‘non-human alien corpses’ displayed at Mexico Congress/@iohmbra) In September this year, the official unveiling of the ‘alien’ bodies was …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Anthropologist finds real human skull while shopping in US thrift store

India Today

In an unusual incident, a real human skull was discovered by an anthropologist at a thrift store in Florida. The Lee County Sheriff's Office shared the news on Facebook, stating that the anthropologist, who was shopping at the store, noticed the skull in the Halloween section and identified it as human. "Based on the observations of the detectives at the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Oldest evidence of humans in Americas confirmed by new research

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1 year, 2 months ago

New tests confirm antiquity of ancient human footprints in New Mexico

The Hindu

Humans trod the landscape of North America thousands of years earlier than previously thought, according to new research that confirms the antiquity of fossilised footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico using two further dating approaches. The footprints date to about 21,000 to 23,000 years ago, based on radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating techniques, researchers said on …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Footprints in New Mexico are likely oldest sign of humans in the Americas, scientists say

LA Times

Fossil human footprints discovered in White Sands, N.M., likely date to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago, scientists say. New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Further evidence points to footprints in New Mexico being the oldest sign of humans in Americas

Associated Press

New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas, a finding that upends what many archaeologists thought they knew about when our ancestors arrived in the New World. The footprints were discovered at the edge of an ancient lakebed in White Sands National Park and date back …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Discovery of spotted-tail quoll thought extinct in SA sparks hopes of 'small population' in south-east

ABC

A mammal expert suspects a population of an endangered marsupial, long believed extinct in South Australia, may have survived in the state's south-east after an unlikely capture by a local farmer. Key points: A spotted-tail quoll caught at Beachport has been released back into the wild Once widespread across eastern Australia, the quolls were persecuted throughout the 19th century Conservation …

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1 year, 3 months ago

'Alien' bodies with three-fingered hands, 'unknown DNA and eggs inside' are presented by UFO expert at Mexican congress - with the 'non-humans' found in Peru said to be 1,000 years old

Daily Mail

This is the moment a UFO investigator presented two allegedly 'non human' bodies to a congress full of astonished officials. Carbon dating by the National Autonomous University of Mexico found the bodies, pictured with three-fingered hands, no teeth and stereoscopic vision, were more than 1,000 years old, Maussan claimed. The mummified bodies were presented to photojournalists and deputies at Mexican …

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1 year, 4 months ago

300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before

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Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — An ancient skull dating back 300,000 years is unlike any other premodern human fossil ever found, potentially pointing to a new branch in the human family tree, according to new research. Scientists believe the late Middle Pleistocene, which started around 300,000 years ago, was a pivotal period for …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Human ancestors butchered and ate each other, study reveals

Hindustan Times

Cut marks found on fossils of human leg bones are one of the earliest pieces of evidence that show that in ancient times, humans butchered each other and ate the flesh for survival, a recent study by science journal Nature stated. As per the study published by Nature on Monday, Early Pleistocene cut marked hominin fossil from Koobi Fora, Kenya, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Large mammals shaped the evolution of humans: Here's why it happened in Africa

The Hindu

That humans originated in Africa is widely accepted. Ape-men Starting during the late Miocene, around 10 million years ago, a plume of molten magma, hot liquid material from deep inside the Earth, pushed eastern parts of Africa upward. Finely crafted stone tools defined the transition into the Middle Stone Age, coupled with the emergence of modern Homo sapiens in Africa …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Secret to how prehistoric humans survived winter uncovered

The Independent

Prehistoric humans living in northern Europe over 300,000 years ago used bear skin to survive the harsh winters, a new study reveals. The study, published recently in the Journal of Human Evolution, examined traces on bones from the archaeological site of Schöningen in Lower Saxony and found cut marks on the foot and toe bone remains of a cave bear …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Georgian archaeologists find 1.8-million-year-old human tooth

The Hindu

Archaeologists in Georgia have found a 1.8-million-year-old tooth belonging to an early species of human which they say cements the region as the home of one of the earliest prehistoric human settlements in Europe, possibly anywhere outside Africa. "Orozmani, together with Dmanisi, represents the centre of the oldest distribution of old humans - or early Homo - in the world …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Discovery in paleontologist’s backyard reveals evidence of North America’s early humans

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. The roughly 37,000-year-old remains of a female mammoth and her calf show distinct signs of butchering, providing new evidence that humans may have arrived in North America much earlier than believed. But that’s what the story is.” Rowe, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, is …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Fossilised Remains of 36-Million-year-old Whale Unearthed in Peruvian Desert

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Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert. “We have presented the new Peruvian basilosaurus, it is the complete skull of an archaic whale that lived 36 million years ago,” paleontologist Mario Urbina, head of the team that discovered the skeleton, told …

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2 years, 9 months ago

36-million-year-old whale fossil found in Peruvian desert

Hindustan Times

Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the fossilized remains of an ancient whale that inhabited the seas 36 million years ago, found last year in a Peruvian desert. The fossil was found at the end of 2021 in the Ocucaje Desert - the desolate landscape was a shallow sea millions of years ago. AFP "We have presented the new Peruvian basilosaurus, it …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Scientists discover skull of new unusual ‘armless’ dinosaur species in Argentina

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3 years ago

Fossil footprints in Tanzania shed light on the first instances when early humans began walking upright

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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The site in Tanzania, where five consecutive footprints known as “The Laetoli Footprints” were discovered …

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New dinosaur found in Chile had bizarre weaponized tail

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — A new species of armored dinosaur discovered in Chile had a weaponized tail not seen before in any other dinosaur. Courtesy Sergio Soto The dinosaur, named Stegouros elengassen, had evolved a large tail weapon unlike those seen in other armored dinosaurs such as the paired spikes of Stegosaurus and the …

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3 years ago

Ancient footprints mistakenly attributed to bears were made by early humans

NPR

Ancient footprints mistakenly attributed to bears were made by early humans Enlarge this image toggle caption Left: J. DeSilva/Right: E. McNutt Left: J. DeSilva/Right: E. McNutt The early humans who walked the Earth nearly 3.7 million years ago were not walking alone. That means individuals from these two early human species must have passed through within hours or days of …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Early humans used bone tools 120,000 years ago to make clothes out of leather, fur in Morocco

Firstpost

“Sewing is a behaviour that has lasted” since prehistory, said El Hajraoui.“Tools like those discovered in the cave were used for 30,000 years, which proves the emergence of collective memory.” Archaeologists in Morocco have identified clothesmaking tools fashioned from bone dating back 120,000 years, the oldest ever found, one of the researchers said. “It’s a major discovery because while older …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Around 23,000 years old human footprints in North America found in New Mexico

Hindustan Times

Fossilised footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday. Fossilized human fossilized footprints at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico. Scientists at the US Geological Survey recently analysed seeds stuck in the footprints to determine their approximate age, ranging from around 22,800 and 21,130 years …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey recently analyzed seeds stuck in the footprints to determine their approximate age, ranging from around 22,800 and 21,130 years ago. Fossil footprints are more indisputable and direct evidence than “cultural …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Rare fossilised dinosaur skin reveals for first time what famous carnivore really looked like

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3 years, 4 months ago

Scientists Exhume Ancient Cat-sized Mammal Named After The Hobbit's 'Beorn'

News 18

Paleontology experts from the University of Colorado managed to exhume parts of teeth and lower jawbones of three mammals dating back to almost 66 million years ago. The mammals are believed to have roamed all around the continent of North America post the extinction of the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago. One of the mammals is the size of …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Scientists in Chile unearth fossil of skunk-like creature that walked among dinosaurs

Hindustan Times

A fossil of a skunk-like mammal that lived during the age of dinosaurs has been discovered in Chilean Patagonia, adding further proof to recent evidence that mammals roamed that part of South America a lot earlier than previously thought. Christened Orretherium tzen, meaning 'Beast of Five Teeth' in an amalgam of Greek and a local indigenous language, the animal is …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Neanderthal footprints are discovered on a Spanish beach left by a child

Daily Mail

Footprints discovered in the sand on a Spanish beach were left by a Neanderthal child 100,000 years ago 'jumping irregularly as though dancing,' study shows. Footprints discovered in the sand on a Spanish beach were left by a Neanderthal child 100,000 years ago 'jumping irregularly as though dancing,' study shows They stumbled upon what was later revealed to be a …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Newly-discovered Oldest Known Primate Fossil Suggests Our First Ancestor Saw Dinosaurs

News 18

By the time humans arrived on the scene, dinosaurs had long vanished from the face of the Earth. Fossils of the oldest known primate life-form have been analysed to discover they lived around 65.9 million years old. The fossils belong to genus Purgatorius which is recognised by most biologists to belong in group plesiadapiforms— oldest known primate. Elaborating on the …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Lines Carved on 1,20,000-Year-old Bone in Israel Could Be Earliest Known Symbols Used by Humans

News 18

Multiple bone fragments which date back to about 120,000 years ago, or the Middle Paleolithic era, have been discovered by archaeologists at an excavation site near Ramla in central Israel. One of the bone fragments features six parallel etchings on the side, which the researchers believe is "the oldest known example of this form of messaging"in Levant and are the …

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4 years ago

This 'Crazy Beast' From Madagascar Was a Weird Early Mammal That Lived Among Dinosaurs

News 18

Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the “crazy beast” that lived 66 million years ago alongside dinosaurs and giant crocodiles on Madagascar, and it’s unlike any mammal ever known, living or extinct. “Knowing what we know about the skeletal anatomy of all living and extinct mammals, it is difficult to imagine that a mammal like Adalatherium …

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4 years ago

Rare US Saber-toothed Tiger Skeleton From 37 Million Years Ago Goes Up For Auction

News 18

A rare skeleton of a saber-toothed tiger which roamed the northern United States some 37 million years ago is estimated to fetch 60-80,000 Swiss francs next week, auction house Piguet said on Tuesday. It is particularly rare because its skeleton is 90% complete,” Piguet director Bernard Piguet told Reuters Television. Fabrice Van Rutten, Piguet’s antiquity art specialist, said the item …

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4 years ago

Discovery of two-million-year-old skull in South Africa throws new light on human evolution

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