The fossils are from two extinct species Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis each of them small creatures less than 12 inches long (but about the same size as the ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

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Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw with teeth, as well as parts of the arm, leg, pelvis, spine and ribs—47 ...

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By studying their peculiar jaw and teeth, archaeologists noted ... This did not fit neatly in with the widely accepted chronology of human evolution. The femur bone was dated to just 14,000 ...

Since its discovery in 1993, the Altamura Man, dating back at least 130,000 years, has continued to captivate scientists and ...

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The iron found in the Komodo dragons' enamel might inspire techniques for reinforcing human enamel. a - Lateral view of the skull ... f - Dorsal view of three teeth from the left jaw, with similar ...