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  Revised ages of South African Australopithecus fossils – Popular Archeology - Popular Archaeology

  Early hominin species is 1 million years older than scientists previously thought.
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  Mystery solved: Footprints from site A at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears – Popular Archeology - Popular Archaeology

  Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the landscape.
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  Oldest flaked stone tools point to the repeated invention of stone tools – Popular Archeology - Popular Archaeology

  Stone flake tools, found in Ethiopia, date to almost 2.6 million years ago.
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  Extinct human species likely breast fed for a year after birth, NIH-funded study suggests – Popular Archeology - Popular Archaeology

  Findings may inform strategies for breast feeding in modern populations.
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  20-million-year-old skull suggests complex brain evolution in monkeys, apes – Popular Archeology - Popular Archaeology

  New study reveals that brain enlargement and modern features evolved repeatedly in anthropoids.