Human Evolution Archives

Ardi Skeleton: How the 4.4-Million-Year-Old Hominin Rewrote Human Evolution

The Ardi skeleton (Ardipithecus ramidus), 4.4 million years old, challenges the savanna hypothesis. Learn how this ‘half-ape, half-human’ fossil changed evolutionary science.

Differences in red blood cells may have 'hastened the extinction' of our Neanderthal cousins, new study suggests - Live Science

Fatal Blood Incompatibility May Have Accelerated Neanderthal Extinction

New research suggests Rh factor incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans caused reproductive failure, accelerating extinction. Full analysis.