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Adult Homo erectus fossil confirms species appeared in Africa 2 million years ago
Researchers have described 18 previously unpublished hominin fossils from South Africa, including an adultHomo erectusfossil dated to 2 million years ago. The findings support the species’ first appearance in southern Africa at that time and provide evidence …
Discovery of 30-million-year-old fossilised fruit changes evolutionary story
The fruit has challenged what scientists previously believed about how and when Melastomataceae plants arrived in Australia.
Cockroaches are actually biological engineers
Dr K.P. Dinesh explains how India's first cockroach DNA library could unlock clues to the ancestry, evolution and resilience of an often-maligned insect.
Ancient tooth proteins suggest ‘Homo erectus’ may have left a genetic legacy in people today
Studies of Chinese Homo erectus suggest that it was no evolutionary dead end, but contributed genes to modern people in the region.