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Researchers Stumble on 2 Million Yr Old Fossil of the Smallest Ancient Human Relative Who Ended Up as a Leopard’s Lunch
With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...
New Fossil Discovery Challenges Assumptions About Early Human Size
Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...
Taung child: the controversial story of the fossil discovery that proved humanity’s common origins in Africa – podcast
Historian Christa Kuljian and paleoanthropologist Dipuo Kgotleng talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the complicated legacy of the Taung child skull, 100 years since its discovery.
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Lower Dentition of Kenyapithecus africanus
A mandible of Kenyapithecus africanus, with many of the teeth preserved, has been found at Kathwanga, Rusinga Island, Kenya. Previously the lower dentition of this species was unknown—except by ...
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'Fearsome' New Leopard-Sized Predator From 30 Million Years Ago Revealed
Ian Randall is Newsweek's Deputy Science Editor, based in Royston, U.K. His focus is reporting on science and health. He has covered archeology, geology, and physics extensively. Ian joined ...