“The morphological diversity among late Quaternary hominin fossils from eastern Asia is ... our interpretations of various evolutionary models to better match the growing fossil record.” ...

Although various hypotheses and models have been proposed ... Progress and challenges in reconstructing early hominid environments. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 50, 20-58 (2007).

Most people have heard of at least one early species closely related to modern humans: the humble Neanderthal, a widespread ...

A new study is reshaping how scientists date dinosaur fossils in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park (DPP). Using advanced drone-assisted 3D mapping, researchers have uncovered significant variations ...

On April 20, the over 50-foot-wide Lucy spacecraft approached as close as some 600 miles from Donaldjohanson, which is aptly named for the discoverer of the famed Lucy hominid fossil ...

Leakey also found her first hominid fossil at age five, becoming the youngest person to make such a discovery. The site of their research — the shoreline of Lake Turkana in the north of Kenya ...

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The unique mineral composition, including calcium carbonate deposited by dripping water, aids in the rare preservation of fossils. The site has produced more than 700 hominid fossil specimens ...

named after American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson who co-discovered the Lucy hominid fossil in northern Ethiopia in 1974. Images of the asteroid Lucy took as it approached the three-mile ...

Asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson is named after American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson who co-discovered the Lucy hominid fossil in northern Ethiopia in 1974. Like a rock and roll band ...