Tag: Anthropology

Old teeth from a rediscovered cave show humans were in Indonesia more than 63,000 years ago

by History Guild | Jan 5, 2023 | Social and Cultural History | 0

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Modern humans were present in Southeast Asia about 20,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to new evidence published in Nature today.

An international research team led by Macquarie University applied new archaeological techniques to a longstanding question – were the human teeth discovered more than 120 years ago from Lida Ajer cave really modern human? The techniques allowed us to identify and date ancient human teeth from this Sumatran cave.

A snapshot of our mysterious ancestor Homo erectus

by History Guild | Dec 26, 2022 | Social and Cultural History | 0

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Homo erectus is now extinct. This enigmatic human ancestor probably evolved in Africa more than 2 million years ago, although the timing of their disappearance is less clear.

Homo erectus was in the news over 2018 thanks to new discoveries in the Philippines and China, which have transformed our understanding of this not too distant family member.