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Never-before-seen cousin of Lucy might have lived at the same site as the oldest known human species, new study suggests

An unidentified early hominin fossil that might be a new species confirms that Australopithecus and Homo species lived in the same region of Africa in the same time frame.
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Early human fossils found in cave are a million years older than expected

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New fossils suggest human evolution was more crowded than scientists thought

New fossil discoveries are reshaping scientists’ understanding of a pivotal chapter in human evolution, revealing that several human ancestor lineages lived side by side nearly 3 million years ago.

How an ancestral shift to eating more meat changed the course of human history — for the better

It helped us reach our “prime.” The Progression of Man apparently wasn’t as gradual as once thought. UK researchers found ...
Inverse

In Hunt for Humanity's Earliest Ancestor, Scientists Rule Out a Top Contender

"I imagine there might be some though who will be skeptical -- as is always the case." Their argument centers on a timeline: The oldest known Homo fossil, a jawbone, is dated at 2.8 million years old, ...
The Economist

Redating specimens of Australopithecus may rewrite human history

The high-security fossil vault at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), in Johannesburg, contains treasure more precious than the gold that paid for the university’s establishment. It is the ...