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fromArs Technica
5 days ago

"Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older-and not Denisovans

Homo erectus fossils from Yunxian in China are dated to about 1.77 million years, making them the oldest hominins discovered in East Asia.
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fromArs Technica
3 months ago

10,000 generations of hominins used the same stone tools to weather a changing world

Stone toolmaking persisted across the Pliocene–Pleistocene climate shift, enabling hominins to process meat, dig for tubers, and demonstrate technological resilience.
fromArs Technica
6 months 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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