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Africa: Three Studies Shed New Light on Scope of Human Evolution
allAfrica, 2 April 2020
Three new research papers have brought evidence that human evolution was a less linear process than previously theorised, according to Gizmodo's George Dvorsky. They also suggest… Read more »
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Africa: Fossil Find Suggests Homo Erectus Emerged 200,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
The Conversation Africa, 3 April 2020
The human evolutionary path is complicated. It's almost impossible to say exactly when we modern humans became "us". This quandary is best articulated by the famous naturalist… Read more »
New Studies Shed Light on Scope of Human Evolution
Three new research papers have brought evidence that human evolution was a less linear process than previously theorised, according to Gizmodo's George Dvorsky. They also suggest evidence of "sister-species", relating to some ancient human species that partially contributed to the genetic makeup of modern humans.
Reconstruction of Homo naledi, an archaic human subspecies discovered in South Africa (file photo).
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Africa: How A Tiny Bone Adds Fresh Insights Into What Our Ancestors Could Do
The Conversation Africa, 16 March 2020
In his book Wonderful Life, Professor Stephen Jay Gould - an evolutionary biologist, palaeontologist and widely-read popular science author - described the evolution of life in the… Read more »
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Africa: Early Humans 'May Have Interbred With a Mysterious, Extinct Species'
The Conversation Africa, 12 February 2020
One of the more startling discoveries arising from genomic sequencing of ancient hominin DNA is the realisation that all humans outside Africa have traces of DNA in their genomes… Read more »
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Southern Africa: How We Deduced That Our Ancestors Liked Roast Vegetables Too
The Conversation Africa, 15 January 2020
Archaeological work at the Border Cave site has revealed the earliest evidence for cooked root vegetables. Border Cave lies between South Africa and eSwatini and has a remarkable… Read more »
InFocus
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The research team studying the newly-discovered human relative, Homo naledi, has been surprised to find that although the species' brain was small, it had a humanlike shape. This ... Read more »
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A multi-disciplinary team of researchers says it has identified the location of an ancient human homeland, which its believed to have lain just south of the Greater Zambezi River ... Read more »
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Lucy, the famed partial skeleton found in Ethiopia in 1974, has a new companion - a male skull found just 55 kilometres from her resting place, which scientists say helps to fill a ... Read more »
