2 days ago · Homo habilis is the oldest species given the designation Homo, by Leakey et al. in 1964. H. habilis is intermediate between Australopithecus afarensis and H. erectus, and there …

Jan 27, 2025 · New research at Romania’s Grăunceanu site has uncovered evidence of hominin activity at least 1.95 million years ago, marking the oldest known hominin presence in Europe. …

4 days ago · Bipedalism, (walking on two legs), is the basic adaptation of the hominid and is considered the main cause behind a suite of skeletal changes shared by all bipedal hominids. …

2 days ago · The oldest member of the genus is Homo habilis, with records of just over 2 million years ago. [a] Homo, together with the genus Paranthropus, is probably most closely related to …

Jan 23, 2025 · Evidence of hominin dispersal has been unearthed at several sites across the Middle East, Russia, and China, dating between 2 million years to 1.5 million years ago. But …

Jan 24, 2025 · Scientists uncovered evidence of the oldest hominin presence in Europe in modern-day Romania nearly two million years ago. Archaeologists found animal bones with …

Jan 24, 2025 · The discovery was made at the Valea lui Grăunceanu site in Vâlcea County, which is now recognized as the oldest European site showing traces of activity by hominins, …

Jan 24, 2025 · Until this discovery, the oldest hominid evidence in Europe is located in Dmanisi, Georgia, with fossils dated between 1.85 and 1.77 million years ago. However, the discovery …

5 days ago · For the first time, scientists identified the sex of a 3.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus using ancient proteins, marking a milestone in the field of …

Feb 10, 2025 · The hominid lineage diverged from the common ancestor shared with chimpanzees roughly 6 to 7 million years ago, marking the beginning of a separate …