New age constraints for the Singa hominin and the adjacent Abu Hugar fossil site The Singa calvaria, found on the western bank of the Blue Nile in Sudan in 1924, shows a combination of modern and archaic features of Homo sapiens. A…

New #AmniotaLab paper out!

Led by Faysal Bibi, this study provides a major update to early human timelines. Singa and the Abu Hugar fossil site are now constrained by new dating evidence 🕜.

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Some pics from our #PALEONILE meeting today! We discussed paleo🦴, geology🪨, archaeology🏺 & geochronology🕰️

Team from MfN, TU Berlin, LIAG Hannover, Institute of Archaeology Prague, plus Al Neelain University & Khartoum Natural History Museum, Sudan 🇸🇩

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"تمساح السودان".. اكتشاف نادر على نهر عطبرة عمره 90 ألف سنة كشفت دراسة حديثة عن أول سجل لتمساح منقرض من العصر البليستوسيني المتأخر في أفريقيا، ما يعيد رسم خريطة تنوع جنس “كروكودايلوس” خلال هذه الحقبة.

The latest publication from Khalafallah Salih about the exceptional fossil croc 🐊 from #Sudan was just featured on Al Jazeera!

Don't miss it:
www.aljazeera.net/science/2025...

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A new late Pleistocene fossil crocodile from Sudan reveals hidden diversity of Crocodylus in Africa - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - A new late Pleistocene fossil crocodile from Sudan reveals hidden diversity of Crocodylus in Africa

More #AmniotaLab science! 📢

Khalafallah Salih et al. describe a new Late Pleistocene crocodile from #Sudan 🐊
the first 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘴 from this period in Africa, and distinct from all known species!

Just the beginning for the #PALEONILE project 🌍🦴

🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...