As a paleontologist, I traveled in May 2023 to the Indonesian islands of the Riau Archipelago, just south of Singapore, as part of an ongoing quest for evidence of Homo erectus, one of our oldest ...

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Adding to our understanding of the cognitive and behavioral attributes of Homo erectus and other early human species, these findings suggest that Pleistocene hominids paid “constant attention to ...

Wear patterns on the teeth of skeletons found in Central Europe suggest children as young as 6 may have been wearing labrets between 25,000 and 29,000 years ago Sarah Kuta The bones and skulls ...

By starting to eat calorie-dense meat and marrow instead of the low-quality plant diet of apes, our direct ancestor, Homo erectus, took in enough extra energy at each meal to help fuel a bigger brain.

Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — ...

As they brace for a £25bn tax raid, businesses must also contend with a litany of new red tape ...