Tag Archives: Hominin

Sample collection Human developmental stages E45–E72 were obtained from first-trimester termination procedures conducted at the Birth Defects Research Laboratory (BDRL; supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) award number 5R24HD000836) at the University of Washington. Consent was obtained from donors by the BDRL prior to the procedures. All protocols followed ethical guidelines established by the NIH. The University of Washington …

Mystery hominin skull discovered in 1960 dated to at least 286,000 years old  Archaeology News Online Magazine Mystery Greek hominin skull dated to be at least 286,000 years old  Phys.org Hominin skull discovered in 1960 finally gets an accurate age  Popular Science 300,000-Year-Old Skull Shows Neanderthals Lived Alongside Another Ancient Human Ancestor  IFLScience Archaeology breakthrough as mystery of 286,000-year-old skull finally ‘solved’  Daily Express Source …

The human family tree is looking more and more like an unruly bush. Paleontologists have now uncovered the teeth of two different ancient human lineages at the same site in northeastern Ethiopia. The discovery collapses the distance between the first of our genus and the last of the australopithecines in eastern Africa. The two probably coexisted. Related: Lucy Is 50: …