Hominids | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/hominids/RSS feed for HominidsenThu, 28 Aug 2025 13:39:15 +0000This Is What Our Thumbs Say About Our Brains, in a Pattern That Holds True for Other Primateshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-what-our-thumbs-say-about-our-brains-in-a-pattern-that-holds-true-for-other-primates-180987250/Researchers have found a link between long thumbs and big brains, suggesting the two features evolved togetherThu, 28 Aug 2025 13:39:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-is-what-our-thumbs-say-about-our-brains-in-a-pattern-that-holds-true-for-other-primates-180987250/Human Ancestors Were Making Bone Tools One Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thoughthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/human-ancestors-were-making-bone-tools-one-million-years-earlier-than-previously-thought-180986175/Archaeologists have discovered a collection of prehistoric animal bones in Tanzania that suggests early humans figured out how to transfer tool-making techniques "from stone to bone" 1.5 million years agoThu, 06 Mar 2025 22:16:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/human-ancestors-were-making-bone-tools-one-million-years-earlier-than-previously-thought-180986175/The Search to Find the Remains of Homo Erectus in a Vanishing Landscapehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-search-to-find-homo-erectus-remains-in-a-vanishing-landscape-180985969/A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how environmental devastation has erased much of the region’s historyFri, 07 Feb 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-search-to-find-homo-erectus-remains-in-a-vanishing-landscape-180985969/A 65,000-Year-Old Hearth Reveals Evidence That Neanderthals Produced Tar for Stone Tools in Iberiahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-65000-year-old-hearth-reveals-evidence-that-neanderthals-produced-tar-for-stone-tools-in-iberia-180985536/While Neanderthals have been found to create glue-like substances with other materials, this finding, if confirmed, would be the first sign of Neanderthals burning the rockrose plant to make tarMon, 02 Dec 2024 18:48:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-65000-year-old-hearth-reveals-evidence-that-neanderthals-produced-tar-for-stone-tools-in-iberia-180985536/One Million Years Ago, Our Human Relatives May Have Challenged Giant Hyenas for Carcasseshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/one-million-years-ago-our-human-relatives-may-have-challenged-giant-hyenas-for-carcasses-180982979/Groups of hominins might have successfully scavenged large kills, new modeling findsThu, 28 Sep 2023 15:04:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/one-million-years-ago-our-human-relatives-may-have-challenged-giant-hyenas-for-carcasses-180982979/Stone Flakes Made by Monkeys Raise Questions About Early Human Toolshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-flakes-made-by-monkeys-raise-questions-about-early-human-tools-180981785/The flakes accidentally produced by long-tailed macaques resemble those thought to have been made by early humansMon, 13 Mar 2023 18:45:18 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-flakes-made-by-monkeys-raise-questions-about-early-human-tools-180981785/Archery May Have Arrived in Europe Thousands of Years Earlier Than Thoughthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archery-may-have-arrived-in-europe-thousands-of-years-earlier-than-thought-180981690/New archaeological research suggests Homo sapiens used bows and arrows 54,000 years ago in present-day FranceThu, 23 Feb 2023 21:55:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archery-may-have-arrived-in-europe-thousands-of-years-earlier-than-thought-180981690/Seven Million Years Ago, the Oldest Known Early Human Was Already Walkinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-oldest-known-early-human-walked-upright-7-million-years-ago-180980628/Analysis of a femur fossil indicates that a key species could already move somewhat like usWed, 24 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-oldest-known-early-human-walked-upright-7-million-years-ago-180980628/When Did Early Humans Start Using Fire? To Find Answers, Scientists Enlist Artificial Intelligencehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/evidence-of--fire-artificial-intelligence-180980319/By analyzing flint tools, researchers find new evidence of an 800,000-year-old fire in northern IsraelWed, 29 Jun 2022 16:43:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/evidence-of--fire-artificial-intelligence-180980319/East Africa's Oldest Modern Human Fossil Is Way Older Than Previously Thoughthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/east-africas-oldest-modern-human-fossil-is-way-older-than-previously-thought-180979384/Analysis of ash from a massive volcanic eruption places the famed Omo I fossil 36,000 years back in timeWed, 12 Jan 2022 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/east-africas-oldest-modern-human-fossil-is-way-older-than-previously-thought-180979384/