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Ancient hominins had humanlike hands, indicating earlier tool use, study reveals

Phys Dot Org 15 Oct 2024
An analysis by Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany, on the manual capabilities of early hominins reveals that some Australopithecus species exhibited hand use similar to modern humans ... Overview of the three hominins studied.
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Early hominin evidence uncovered at site of A34 Lodge Hill interchange (Oxfordshire County Council)

Public Technologies 14 Oct 2024
) ... Some flint tools were also found, reflecting early human presence at this ancient era. The archaeological investigations were undertaken of behalf of Oxfordshire County Council in preparation for the new A34 interchange at Lodge Hill ... Disclaimer.
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This 4.3-Million-Year-Old Hominin Co-Existed With Humanity’s Earliest Ancestors

IFL Science 23 Aug 2024
Archaeologists in Kenya have unearthed a jawbone belonging to an ancient hominin species that walked the Earth at the same time as some of the earliest human ancestors ... Arriving just too late to be considered a basal hominin is Au.
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Smallest early human arm bone ever found changes understanding of hominin evolution

Haaretz 08 Aug 2024
New discovery reveals even tinier ancestor of Homo Floresiensis, world's smallest hominins - yet analysis of new finds suggests an ancestor who wasn't small at all ....
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Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors

New Scientist 07 Aug 2024
An arm bone from an ancient human that lived 700,000 years ago on the island of Flores is the smallest ever found from an adult hominin, adding a new piece to the puzzle of Homo floresiensis ... .
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Meet our TINY ancient cousins! Newly-discovered hominin species that lived in Indonesia 700,000...

The Daily Mail 06 Aug 2024
Researchers have discovered that our ancient hominin relatives (pictured) were even smaller than previously thought ... The small hominins gained the nickname 'Hobbits' after J.R.R Tolkien's creations.
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700,000-year-old fossil sheds light on mysterious ‘Hobbit’ hominin species

Interesting Engineering 06 Aug 2024
Roughly a 700,000-year-old fossil was discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores likely belonging to the earliest species of hominins.  ... Hominin with ‘diminutive, small-brained humans’.
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Ancient Hominin Lucy Wasn’t as Hairy as We Imagine

Scientific American 23 Jun 2024
Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old fossilized hominin, may have been much less hairy than we imagine—a perhaps shocking revelation for our modern sense of nakedness ... .
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Why did hominins like us evolve at all?

New Scientist 15 May 2024
Animal life on Earth existed for over half a billion years before hominins hit the scene – a complex combination of environmental changes, innovations in technology and competition may have led to us ... .
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Dentist Finds Prehistoric Hominin Jawbone in Bathroom Tile!

Ancient Origins 24 Apr 2024
It probably belonged to either a modern human (Homo sapiens) or, more likely, an extinct hominin like Homo erectus or a Neanderthal, placing it anywhere between 24,000 years and 1.9 million years old!.
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Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’ travertine kitchen tile

Ars Technica 18 Apr 2024
/ Reddit user Kidipadeli75 spotted a fossilized hominin jawbone in his parents' new travertine kitchen tile. (credit. Reddit user Kidipadeli75). Ah, Reddit! It's a constant source of amazing stories that sound too good to be true... Comments .
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Why Culture Is Not The Only Tool For Defining Homo Sapiens In Relation To Other Hominins

Scoop 12 Apr 2024
We need a broad comparative lens to produce useful explanations and narratives of our origins across time ... .
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Modern-Day People In West Africa Possess DNA From An Unknown “Ghost” Hominin

IFL Science 06 Apr 2024
Homo sapiens may be the only hominin alive today but go back tens of thousands of years ago and the planet was a hodgepodge of various human and protohuman species, including the Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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Migration of hominins out of Africa may have been driven by the first major glaciation ...

Phys Dot Org 12 Mar 2024
Prior research has shown that a major migration of hominins out of Africa occurred sometime between 1.1 and 0.9 million years ago ... As the ice age began, ocean levels would have dropped, allowing hominins an easier route from Africa.

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