The fragmented Maba 1 skull, which had previously been described as belonging to a Neanderthal, is not so Neanderthal after all. Researchers reassessed the skull and found resemblances to Homo ...

Researchers uncovered Homo erectus skull fragments within 176.5 million cubic feet of sand. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.

The skull has similar facial features to those of early modern humans. The skull could potentially belong to a direct human ancestor called Homo erectus sometime between 550,000 and 750,000 years ago.

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The skull, found in China in 2019, ... which scientists think began to branch away from another human ancestor known as Homo erectus sometime between 550,000 and 750,000 years ago. ...

Archaeological finds off the coast of Java, Indonesia, provide insight into the world of Homo erectus, 140,000 years ago. Skull fragments and other fossil remains provide a unique picture of how ...

The skull (left) of Homo floresiensis is displayed next to a modern human's skull at a news conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in November 2004, shortly after the hobbit's discovery was made public.

The skull was found in May, but it took experts until Dec. 3 to safely and completely excavate it. Previously, two damaged ancient homo erectus skulls were found at the site in 1989 and 1990, the ...

But the Homo erectus skull, dating back 1.55 million years, was slightly older than the Homo habilis jawbone, which was found to be 1.44 million years old, the scientists said.

Farmers Dug Up a Skull Unlike Any Human Ancestor Ryan Somma from Occoquan, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons ...

The skull was found in May, but it took experts until Dec. 3 to safely and completely excavate it. Previously, two damaged ancient homo erectus skulls were found at the site in 1989 and 1990, the ...

The skull was found in May, but it took experts until Dec. 3 to safely and completely excavate it. Previously, two damaged ancient homo erectus skulls were found at the site in 1989 and 1990, the ...