An expanding geographic range for these close Neandertal relatives leaves Denisovans' evolutionary status uncertain.

Spheres that had been collected from these sites were housed at the National Museum of Addis Ababa ... "While hominin species were changing from Homo erectus to H. heidelbergensis, the round ...

The study’s findings support long-held theories that Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei ... geologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, emphasized the importance ...

In a groundbreaking discovery that may rewrite the map of human prehistory, fossilised genetic evidence has revealed that ...

During my stay at Kwetu Nairobi in November 2024, the staff were at hand, which made my stay more enjoyable and unforgettable ...

The research team studied more than 30 of these spheres housed at Ethiopia’s National Museum in Addis Ababa ... was our ancestors. Possibly Homo erectus, one of the first species to walk ...

Pithecanthropus, now called Homo erectus, or erect man, had been discovered in Java just before the turn of the century, and in the 1920s a similar kind of early human, called Peking man ...

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Devon Akmon receives funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. He also serves as the vice chair and secretary of the board of directors for the American Alliance of Museums.