Homo floresiensis scavenged Stegodon and did not use fire, challenging previous claims of advanced behavior.

The extinct human species Homo floresiensis was a scavenger, not a hunter, an analysis of fossil animal bones reveals.

Homo floresiensis scavenged Stegodon and did not use fire, challenging previous claims of advanced behavior.

Researchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be.

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Submerged fossils are revealing long-held secrets from a region known as Sundaland

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List of Diamond OA journals: 1) Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris: https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/ Palaeoanthropology http...

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In addition to preserving a rich archaeological record spanning from ∼190 thousand years ago (ka) until the terminal Pleistocene, Liang Bua (Flores, I…

The exhibition entitled "Indonesia: The Oldest Civilization on Earth? 130 Years After Pithecanthropus Erekus" celebrates 130 years of discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus or Javanese Ancient Humans ...

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The human cranium is probably the most common single anatomical element manipulated after the death of the individual. However, it is not uncommon to find isolated crania for which it is difficult to ...

Research has overturned earlier claims that a diminutive human relative, Homo floresiensis, lit fires—but big stories die hard.

Web of Science index decides to strip key metric because elife’s unusual peer review doesn’t meet its criteria

How small-bodied hominins in southeast Asia became so small ~60 thousand years ago is unclear. Here, the authors present hominin remains dated to 700 thousand years ago with even smaller body size, su...

In modern complex societies, small animals are often considered too difficult for people to hunt without utilizing techniques involving traps. But what do we...