Digital reconstruction reveals the face of ‘Little Foot,’ a nearly 4 million-year-old human ancestor

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed ...
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Scientists reconstructed a 3.7 million-year-old face. What they saw raises a big question

The face of an ancient human fossil has only ever been known for its crushed visage -- until now. But reconstruction efforts only raised new questions.
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10 petrifying, humongous prehistoric beasts that would have utterly terrified early man, from a 3-metre tall primate to massive deadly eagles

Our time on this planet has been relatively short, yet in this time we’ve come face to face with some of Earth’s most ...
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The 85-million-year timeline of human evolution

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...
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Australopithecus findings could rewrite how we classify millions of years of human evolution

Human evolution may need a new name for much of its family tree. Fossils once separated into Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus increasingly resist those neat divisions, raising a basic question ...