Tag: Human Evolution

A sculpture of "Lucy", a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis hominin, along with a baby and other group members on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in 2007.About 3.2 million years ago, our...

Neanderthals were an ancient species that once roamed Eurasia but disappeared around the time Homo sapiens arrived in Europe. Archaeologists have long been curious about the last Neanderthals and where they lived. Many believe...

As a person with mild ADHD, I often find it challenging to focus when there are distractions around me. The trait of being easily distracted can make it difficult to sit through long classes...

Most humans today spend the majority of their time indoors, but Neanderthals, who lived over 520,000 years ago, spent most of their time outdoors. The origins of Neanderthals are believed to be in Africa,...

A recent discovery of fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores has provided new insights into the origins of the diminutive protohumans known as Homo floresiensis, or the so-called Hobbits. The fossils, dating back...

In a groundbreaking discovery that has reshaped our understanding of human evolution, scientists have recently uncovered incredibly rare fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores, including an adult limb bone so small that it...

A recent study has shed new light on the mysterious Homo floresiensis, also known as the 'hobbit' human, who lived on the island of Flores in Indonesia. The study, published in the journal Nature...

Humans have long been fascinated with the idea of where we come from and what makes us uniquely human. From the days of Neanderthals to the discovery of Australopithecus and Paranthropus, our understanding of...