Homo sapiens

Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor

The fossilized lower jawbones of two adults and a toddler, as well as teeth, a thigh bone, and some vertebrae, were unearthed in a cave in Casablanca, Morocco.

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The mandible of an archaic human who lived about 773 000 years ago is pictured after being excavated at a cave called Grotte a Hominides at a site known as Thomas Quarry I in the southwest part of the Moroccan city of Casablanca in this undated photograph released on January 7, 2026.
Homo sapiens. Illustration.

Ancient lead exposure may have given Homo sapiens a genetic shield

Researchers found lead bands in 73 percent of 51 fossilized teeth spanning two million years of hominin history.

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Chinese one-million-year-old Yunxian 2 skull challenges Homo sapiens timeline.

Chinese one-million-year-old Yunxian 2 skull challenges Homo sapiens timeline

Re-dated to between 940,000 and 1.1 million years old and reassigned to Homo longi, the specimen could shift the appearance of large-brained humans back at least 500,000 years.

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When the Aegean was meadow, not sea—New mapping traces Homo sapiens’ Turkey detour.

When the Aegean was meadow, not sea - New mapping traces Homo sapiens’ Turkey detour

“During the Pleistocene Ice Age, sea levels were ~100m lower, turning today’s peninsulas and islands into a land bridge connecting Anatolia with southeastern Europe.”

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Humans, neanderthals coexisted in the Negev desert 50,000 years ago

The study also found that Boker Tachtit is the earliest known migration point from Africa for early Homo Sapiens (humans) from the Levant region.

JUNE 15, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
(L-R) View of the Boker Tachtit excavation site. Circled: a group of unearthed flint stone artifacts; Flint point representative of the Upper Paleolithic in Boker Tachtit.

Humans revealed to have been apex predators for two million years - study

The study conducted at Tel Aviv University shows that our ancient ancestors ate mostly meat.

APRIL 4, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An exhibit shows the life of a neanderthal family in a cave in the new Neanderthal Museum in the northern town of Krapina

Earliest evidence for stone grinding tool dates back 350,000 years

The discovery shows that our ancestors played games using rocks that were heated and used as different pieces.

DECEMBER 27, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
350,000-year-old game pieces made by Homo Sapiens, discovered by Haifa University

Bulgarian fossils show early arrival of Homo sapiens into Europe

The research pushes back by thousands of years the arrival of Homo sapiens in Europe, a milestone in the history of a species that arose in Africa about 300,000 years ago and then spread worldwide.

MAY 12, 2020ByREUTERS
Researchers engage in excavations at Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria