homo erectus Archives

Surprising origins of Indonesian ‘hobbits’ uncovered

The miniature human species now has a place on the Homo family tree – and it’s more ancient than we thought.

Humans could potentially have another ancestor we didn’t know about.

Scientists have unearthed fossils from an extinct human species that predates Homo floresiensis by more than half a million years.

Zigzag etches of shells found in a chance discovery has heralded a ‘eureka’ moment for scientists