Latest human origin News

Griffith surges to second worldwide and first nationally in Times Higher Education Sustainability Impact Ratings 
A human tendency to value expertise, not just sheer power, explains how some social hierarchies form
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers
Monash researchers to collaborate on four ARC Centres of Excellence
Volcanoes can help us untangle the evolution of humans – here’s how
‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse
A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
Was it a stone tool or just a rock? An archaeologist explains how scientists can tell the difference
Will politicians and terrorist leaders live forever in the age of AI?
Roots Of Anthropocene
Revised dating of the Liujiang skeleton renews understanding of human occupation of China
Why Are We Obsessed With Human Origins?
Did Neanderthals Use Glue? Researchers Find Evidence that Sticks
2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools
2.9m-year-old stone tools found at Kenyan site
We found 2.9-million-year-old stone tools used to butcher ancient hippos – but likely not by our ancestors
Discovery at 2.9-Million-Year-Old African Site Prompts New Consideration of Who Made First Stone Tools
Travellers with injectable medicines containing ingredients derived from animal or human origin no longer require TGA approval to enter Australia
Central Asia identified as key route for early human migration
Earliest Gibbon Fossil Found in Southwest China
ANU scientists win nation’s top funding award
Tooth unlocks mystery of Denisovans in Asia