Marker doodle of a male Homo habilis. Somehow, the addition of the thin mustache makes him look more human-like in my eyes. #hominin #hominid #paleoanthropology #paleoart #humanevolution #art

Marker portrait of Iho Eleru (or Iwo Eleeru) Man, a hominin specimen from Nigeria around 13 kya. #paleoanthropology #paleoart #prehistoric #hominin #art

Surely everyone wants their own 3D printed hominin skull? This one is the Taung Child, discovered in South Africa in 1924. It’s an Australopithecus Africanus and lived around 2.8 million years ago. The child was aged around 3 when it died #hominin #taungchild

In this case, the individual is a Hunter-Gatherer, but we have also documented similar features in Theropithecus gelada, for example.

#csic #paleodiet #confocal #hominin #paleodiet

An acrylic painting of Sahelanthropus, possibly one of the oldest hominins from the fossil record. #hominin #hominid #humanevolution #paleoanthropology #paleoart #art

It is the unfolding of a mind that, once enabled, learned to build without constant supervision.

#Ancientastronauts #Evolution #Hominin #Hominid #Homo #Genus #Intelligence #invention #breakthrough #tutorization

Been going through a bit of a paleoanthropology hyperfixation the past two weeks or so ...

#sahelanthropustschadensis #paleoart #hominin #digitalart #artistsofbluesky

Ancient astronauts do not need to be enormous to inspire awe. They only need to arrive early, arrive equipped, and arrive among those still learning how tall a human could eventually become.

#Ancientastronauts #Giants #memory #hominin

Scientists Rethink Early Hominin Species CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—Fragments of a 2.6-million-year-old Paranthropus jaw have been discovered in the Afar region of […] The post Scientists Rethink Early Hominin Species appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

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#Paranthropus 2.6 MA in Ethiopia
'found more than 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) farther north than any other fossil of its kind.
"Until now, not a single fossil of Paranthropus had been identified" in the Afar region of Ethiopia,'

#fossils #evolution #hominin […]

Floodplain near the capital of Mongolia. Image credit: Thure Cerling, the University of Utah.

#Pollen records suggest that early #humans thrived in relatively open #landscapes. In PNAS Journal Club: https://ow.ly/yniE50XWMgs

#hominin #HumanEvolution #steppes #SavannaHypothesis

773,000-year-old fossils found in Morocco offer new 'root' of Homo sapiens' lineage A collection of jawbones and vertebrae from Casablanca reveals details about a possible ancestor of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans.

#Archaeologists unearth 773,000-year-old #hominin #fossils in #Morocco— offering new 'root' of #Homosapiens' lineage

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These 773,000-Year-Old Hominin Fossils from Morocco May Be the Closest Ancestors of Modern Humans The precisely dated fossils sit in a rare evolutionary gap just before modern humans emerged.

When Did Bipedal Walking Begin? NEW YORK, NEW YORK—A new study of seven-million-year-old Sahelanthropus tchadensis fossils employing 3D imagery suggests […] The post When Did Bipedal Walking Begin? appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

One of the Most Complete Human Ancestor Fossils Called Little Foot May Be New Species New research suggests the famous Little Foot fossil may belong to a previously unknown hominin species.

This 3.4 Million-Year-Old Foot Changes the Story of Human Origins New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills with its own style of bipedal walking. The evidence shows that multiple early human ancestors inhabited the same region while relying on different diets and behaviors. Ancient Foot Fossil Reassigned to a Different Early Human Species Newly uncovered fossils [...]

Study Suggests Two Early Hominins Coexisted TEMPE, ARIZONA—According to a statement released by Arizona State University, a second hominin lived in […] The post Study Suggests Two Early Hominins Coexisted appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

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26-Nov-2025
New research by ASU paleoanthropologists gives valuable insight into how two ancient human ancestors coexisted in the same area
They assign a #hominin foot #fossil from #Lucy’s time to a different species – with help from teeth

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1107105 […]

Study Challenges Long-Held Beliefs: Scavenging Carcasses May Have Made Us Human A study with IPHES CERCA redefines the role of scavenging in human evolution and shows that it was an efficient strategy that complemented hunting and gathering. A research group from IPHES-CERCA took part in a project led by the National Research Center on Human Evolution (CENIEH) that revisits how consuming carrion shaped human history. The [...]

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Archaeologist John Shea on shifts of #lithics technology and #hominin survival strategies: at 3.4 MA, 1.7 MA and 300,000 years […]

Nov. 14 2025 - 13h30 international seminar Edwin De Jager (postdoc. @palevoprim.bsky.social) 👉 Between a Rock and a Braincase: Cortical reorganisation in the African #hominin #fossil record palevoprim.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/wp-content/u... @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univpoitiers.bsky.social

2.75-Million-Year-Old Tools Rewrite Human Technological History We may be witnessing the moment when our ancestors first defied a hostile world, using the same tools in the same place for nearly 300,000 years despite the chaos of shifting climates. Picture early humans carefully shaping stone tools over a span of nearly 300,000 years, all while facing frequent wildfires, severe droughts, and major [...]

Did Early Humans Rely on Consuming Carrion? BURGOS, SPAIN—According to a statement released by the Spanish National Research Centre for Human Evolution […] The post Did Early Humans Rely on Consuming Carrion? appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

Oldowan Stone Tools from the Turkana Basin Analyzed WASHINGTON, D.C.—According to a statement released by George Washington University, a collection of Oldowan stone […] The post Oldowan Stone Tools from the Turkana Basin Analyzed appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

Infant Hominin Skulls Examined TOULOUSE, FRANCE—IFL Science reports that José Braga of the University of Toulouse and the University […] The post Infant Hominin Skulls Examined appeared first on Archaeology Magazine.

Kenya'da heyecanlandıran keşif! Tam 2,5 milyon öncesine ışık tutuyor! Kenya'da yapılan arkeolojik kazılarda, yaklaşık 2,5 milyon yıl öncesine ait taş aletler bulundu. Keşfin, o dönemde yaşamış erken insan türlerinin (hominin) icat ve üretim yeteneğine sahip olduğunu gösterdiği belirtildi. TAŞLARDAN OLUŞAN 1300'DEN FAZLA ALET KEŞFİ Ülkenin kuzeybatısındaki Turkana Gölü yakınlarında bulunan Namorotukunan Arkeoloji Sahası'nda 10 yıl süren kazı çalışmaları kapsamında araştırmacılar, yontularak şekillendirilmiş taşlardan oluşan 1300'den fazla alet keşfetti. Bilim insanlarına göre, geçmişi yaklaşık 2,75 ila 2,44 milyon yıl öncesine uzanan taş aletler, insanlık tarihinin bilinen ilk taş alet yapım tekniği olan Oldowan geleneğinin şimdiye kadar bilinen en eski örnekleri arasında yer alıyor. Taş aletlerin, aynı dönemde yaşamış erken insan türlerinin icat etme ve üretme becerisine sahip olduğuna işaret ettiği belirtildi. TAŞ ALETLER OLAĞANÜSTÜ BİR USTALIKLA YAPILMIŞ Aletlerin, "İsviçre çakısı" benzeri çok amaçlı araç işlevi gördüğüne, çevresel değişimlere ve sert iklim koşullarına karşı uyum yeteneğini artırdığına işaret edildi. Araştırma ekibinden Dr. Dan Palcu Rolier, taş aletlerin olağanüstü bir ustalıkla yapıldığını belirterek, "Gerçekten inanılmaz bir işçilik düzeyiyle karşı karşıyayız. Bu insanlar son derece dikkatli gözlemcilerdi. En uygun taşları nasıl seçeceklerini biliyorlardı. Bazı aletler, o kadar keskin ki elimizi kesebiliriz." ifadesini kullandı. Araştırma sonuçları, "Nature" dergisinde yayımlandı. Kaynak: HABER7.COM#ESHAHABER.COM.TR #haber #gündem #sondakika #news #press #worldnews

Güncel News press Kenya'da heyecanlandıran keşif! Tam 2,5 milyon öncesine ışık tutuyor! #Kenya #arkeoloji #tarihkesif #taşalet #hominin

A research team published a study in Journal of Geographical Sciences that quantitatively reconstructs climate and vegetation changes at the Sandinggai site in central South China.
#environmental adaptation #hominin
Details: doi.org/10.1007/s11442-025-2387-3

Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colage', and I wrote a paper on the evolution of #collectiveintelligence, epistemic #nicheconstruction, and the material traces of #hominin alterations to informational landscapes.

Forthcoming in PTRS B!

Preprint 🔗👇

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🧪🏺 #philsky #paleosky #evosky

She Was Half Ape, Half Human—and She May Hold the Secret to What Makes Us Who We Are In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

#evolution #hominin #humanity #science #humans #bipedal

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One of the earliest #hominin entries into #Europe! arliest footsteps to Europe. Korolevo (Ukraine): Mode-1 core-and-flake tools in hyalodacite; cosmogenic ^26Al/^10Be burial age 1.42 ± 0.10 Ma; Danube corridor dispersal plausible. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #Oldowan #Korolevo doi.org/10.1038/s415...