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1.4 million-year-old jaw that was 'a bit weird for Homo' turns out to be from never-before-seen human relative

The newfound species belongs to the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is "nutcracker man."

LiveScience · Feb 5, 2025

Q&A with Ludovic Slimak, the archeologist who wants to rewrite the history of early humans in Europe

The French archaeologist Ludovic Slimak has spent the past 30 years rummaging fields and caves from the Horn of Africa to the Artic Circle, and, of course, his beloved Rhône Valley in France. For the past year and a half, his team of 45 researchers have been on a roll,…

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2023

Fossils reveal humans and Neanderthals coexisted far longer than we thought

Modern humans and Neanderthals coexisted in Western Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously believed.

Inverse · Feb 13, 2022