archaeology – Bianca Nogrady

Smallest adult human arm bone fossil so far discovered points to origins of ‘hobbit’

August 7, 2024No Comments

From ABC Science, 7 August 2024: A 700,000-year-old fragment of arm bone has shed light on the origins of the early human species known as the “hobbit”. The tiny piece of bone is from an early hobbit (Homo floresiensis) individual, which researchers estimate was just 100 centimetres tall. This was 6cm smaller than its descendants, … Continue reading Smallest adult human arm bone fossil so far discovered points to origins of ‘hobbit’

The plain truth about North America’s horse history

May 5, 2023No Comments

From Nature Middle East, 6 April 2023: Horses have long held a special place in the culture, spirituality and day-to-day lives of North America’s Indigenous people, such as the Lakota and Comanche of the American southwest and Great Plains.Until recently, horses were thought to have been introduced to North America by European colonisers. Now, an … Continue reading The plain truth about North America’s horse history

First ancient human DNA found from key Asian migration route

September 17, 2021No Comments

From Nature, 26 August 2021: The 7,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage hunter-gatherer from Sulawesi in Indonesia could be the first remains found from a mysterious, ancient culture known as the Toaleans, researchers report this week in Nature1. The largely complete fossil of a roughly 18-year-old Stone Age woman was found in 2015 buried in a … Continue reading First ancient human DNA found from key Asian migration route