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2 weeks ago

How Key Changes to the Pelvis Helped Humans Walk Upright

Two evolutionary embryonic changes in pelvic cartilage and bone enabled bipedal walking and birth of large-brained infants in early humans.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Stone tools may hint at ancestors of Homo floresiensis

The stone tools found on Sulawesi indicate the presence of hominins at least 1.04 million years ago, suggesting early human navigation across oceans.
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1 month ago

Hominins on Sulawesi during the Early Pleistocene

The dispersal of archaic hominins beyond mainland Southeast Asia represents the earliest evidence for humans crossing ocean barriers to reach isolated landmasses.
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fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species

Gantangqing's hunter-gatherers could belong to Homo erectus, Denisovans, or Homo heidelbergensis, complicating species identification due to lack of identifiable bones.
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fromArs Technica
3 months ago

Researchers study extinct hominins using enamel proteins from their teeth

The absence of AMELY indicates a sample is likely female but not conclusively due to identification issues and rare male gene deletions.
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