Homo heidelbergensis is believed to be a direct ancestor of both modern humans and Neanderthals. Archaeologists have found ...

Potential human ancestor Homo heidelbergensis used this 480,000-year-old bone hammer to create flint tools. UCL Institute of Archaeology Some 480,000 years ago, a group of 30 to 40 early hominins met ...

Roccamonfina volcano, about 60km northwest of Vesuvius, erupted violently around 350,000 years ago. Pyroclastic flows—deadly torrents of hot gas and volcanic ash—raced down the sides of the mountain.

Homo heidelbergensis lived across Africa and Europe and is often proposed as the last common ancestor of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. Fossils show a combination of archaic and more ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

During the late middle Pleistocene—between 400 000 and 150 0000 years ago—the populations occupying Earth, and Africa specifically, looked very differently from what they do now. There is evidence for ...

When we think about humans’ existence on Earth, many of us think that we’ve always been one of a kind. But here’s the thing: ...

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