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Crossing evolutionary paths: New research finds different hominin species coexisted
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Crossing evolutionary paths: New research finds different hominin species coexisted

Salon  

The bones they found in the sand were a clue that something more was buried beneath the surface. But these remarkably preserved footprints were the first to indicate that two different species of hominins — including Homo erectus, which is a direct ancestor to humans, and Paranthropus boisei, which was a different species that also descended from the ape ancestor …

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Discovery of 1.5 million-year-old footprints shows two different human ancestors lived alongside each other
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Discovery of 1.5 million-year-old footprints shows two different human ancestors lived alongside each other

The Independent  

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. Read our privacy policy A new discovery of fossils dating back 1.5 million years is …

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

CNN  

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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Human ancestors butchered and ate each other, study reveals
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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Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years
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Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years

The Hindu  

Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country's oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern humans' hominin ancestors. The find announced Thursday would drag the dawn of Greek archaeology back by as much as a quarter of a million years, although older hominin sites have been …

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

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

The Independent  

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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