The new discovery suggests two or more species of ancient hominids coexisted in East Africa, Haile - Selassie says. (sciencenewsforstudents.org)
These ancient DNA researchers are analyzing preserved DNA from ancient hominids, plants, and animals to learn about their evolutionary histories, offering a level of detail that inferences based on modern DNA simply can not match. (sciencemag.org)
After a portion of cliff was washed away by the sea, the team found ancient hominid footprints within the hardened clay that had been buried beneath, dating back about 900,000 years based on the vegetation preserved in the clay's sediments. (discovermagazine.com)