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Connecting Asia to the human dispersal story

When trying to understand early human migration, timing is everything. We know that humans migrated from the African savannahs through Asia and down into Australia, and this journey is seen as one of our greatest human accomplishments. But we still don't know exactly when we... click to read more

Kira Westaway | Assistant Professor at Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia

Homo sapiens

human migrations

lost cave

Reading time 4 min

published on Mar 22, 2018

Did Homo naledi meet Homo sapiens in South Africa?

Our research team has determined the age of Homo naledi, a new species of hominin (human ancestor), from the Rising Star Cave in The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, South Africa. We have also announced the discovery of a second chamber (the Lesedi Chamber)... click to read more

Hannah Hilbert-Wolf | Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer at James Cook University, Geosciences, Townsville, QLD, Australia

Paul Dirks | Professor at James Cook University, Geosciences, Townsville, QLD, Australia

Eric Roberts | Associate Professor, Head of Geosciences at James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia

evolution

fossils

Homo naledi

Homo sapiens

Reading time 4 min

published on Feb 8, 2018