Two-million-year-old teeth transform theory of prehistoric human evolution Changes in the appearance of ancient teeth could act as a new evolutionary marker, writes Ian Towle ...

Evolution is the process of heritable change in populations of organisms over multiple generations. Evolutionary biology is the study of this process, which can occur through mechanisms including ...

This collection of viewable hominin fossil 3D models was produced by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program by 3D scanning casts and other replicas which are now on display in the Hall of Human ...

Discovery of two-million-year-old teeth reveals secrets of ancient humans - ANALYSIS: Examining ancient teeth helps us fit together our family tree, writes Ian Towle ...

Initially, we thought the pits might be unique to P. robustus. But our latest research shows this kind of pitting also occurs in other Paranthropus species in eastern Africa. We even found it in some ...

It was the world’s most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found and estimated to be nearly four-million years old. The Sterkfontein Caves are located within the Cradle of Humankind UNESCO World ...

A COMPARATIVE and phylogenetic study of the dentition of the extinct South African man-ape Australopithecus (Plesianthropus) transvaalensis Broom has been made by W. K. Gregory and Milo Hellman ...

Ralph Holloway pioneered and developed the field of hominin paleoneurology. Although Holloway’s undergraduate degrees were in metallurgical engineering and geology, at graduate school his interests ...

Little Black Book, The Public House's executive creative director, Rob Maguire, on how short attention spans, often maligned, are actually a powerful evolutionary trait that drives curiosity, ...