Tag: hominin

Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

The jawbone of an ancient hominin found at Grotte à Hominidés in MoroccoHamza Mehimdate, Programme Préhistoire de Casablanca

Fossil analysis adds to debate over how earliest known hominin walked

Sahelanthropus fossils (centre) compared with a chimpanzee (left) and a human (right)Wiliams et al., Sci. Adv. 12, eadv0130

How cosmic events may have influenced hominin evolution

Has an asteroid impact influenced the course of human evolution? Anna Ivanova/Alamy This is an extract from Our