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Enter the ‘Dragon Man’ It is part of normal scientific practice to revisit old fossils, said Xijun Ni, a professor at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing.
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The story of how humans evolved is a long and winding ...
Denisovans survived and thrived on the high-altitude Tibetan plateau for more than 100,000 years, according to a new study that deepens scientific understanding of the enigmatic ancient humans ...
Behavioral modernity – Transition of human species to anthropologically modern behavior; Southern Dispersal – Early human migration out of Africa; Dawn of Humanity (2015 PBS film) – 2015 American documentary film; Early human migrations – Spread of humans from Africa through the world
Paleoanthropology or paleo-anthropology is a branch of paleontology and anthropology which seeks to understand the early development of anatomically modern humans, a process known as hominization, through the reconstruction of evolutionary kinship lines within the family Hominidae, working from biological evidence (such as petrified skeletal remains, bone fragments, footprints) and cultural ...
A study aiming to identify settings viable for vertebrate and human populations in the north Pacific coast of North America during the growth and decay of the Cordilleran ice sheet, providing new age constraints for human coastal migration into North America, is published by Steffen (2024). [166]
Archaeologists study artifacts, monuments, and other remains to get a better sense of human history. ... The discovery sparked an entirely new field of science: paleoanthropology, aka the study of ...
William "Bill" Kimbel (April 15, 1954 – April 17, 2022) [2] was a paleoanthropologist specializing in Plio-Pleistocene hominid evolution in Africa. [3] He had a multi-decade career at Arizona State University, first as a professor in the Anthropology Department and then as the Director of the Institute of Human Origins and Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment ...