Show threadAlbert CardonaApr 1

@sellathechemist

I haven't but, thank you! I have just looked it up:

"This new evidence suggests that northern Africa and the Middle East might have been more central to the origin of the living apes than were more southern parts of Africa"
https://nhm.org/stories/meet-masripithecus-newly-described-ancient-ape-fills-gap-evolutionary-history-primates

The paper:
"An Early Miocene ape from the biogeographic crossroads of African and Eurasian Hominoidea"
Al-Ashqar et al. 2026
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz4102

There's also a perspective/commentary:
"The dawn of modern apes", Alba & Arias-Martorell 2026
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeg3100

Masripithecus moghraensis (“Egyptian ape from Moghra”)

#hominids #Masripithecus #evolution

Meet Masripithecus: Newly Described Ancient Ape Fills a Gap in Evolutionary History of Primates

An international team of researchers add a new chapter in the story of apes—including us humans—starting around 18 million years ago in North Africa

Natural History Museum
Nikolas Kozloff has movedDec 8
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/drought-doomed-hobbits-human-relatives?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us #hobbit #hobbits #archaeology #hominids
Drought may have doomed the ‘hobbits’ of Flores

Stalagmite data suggest Homo floresiensis faced prolonged drought that stressed both them and their prey, contributing to their disappearance.

Science News
Nikolas Kozloff has movedNov 30

Time for #human-#hobbit #romance?

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/modern-humans-arrived-in-australia-60-000-years-ago-and-may-have-interbred-with-archaic-humans-such-as-hobbits?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us #archaeology #evolution #hominids

Modern humans arrived in Australia 60,000 years ago and may have interbred with archaic humans such as 'hobbits'

New genetic research shows that DNA and archaeological evidence align with the "long chronology" of the peopling of Australia.

Live Science
News-Cafe.eu blogNov 6
1.5-million-year-old fossil reveals fascinating story of hominid cousin with gorilla grip and human feet. New study says our ancestors evolved as the branches of a tree – different paths at different speeds.
https://www.news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13759
#biology #anthropology #archeology #history #science #research #hominids
Hacker NewsOct 16, 2025

Lead Limited Brain and Language Development in Neanderthals and Other Hominids?

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/did-lead-limit-brain-and-language-development-in-neanderthals-and-other-extinct-hominids

#HackerNews #LeadExposure #BrainDevelopment #Neanderthals #Hominids #LanguageEvolution

Did Lead Limit Brain and Language Development in Neanderthals and Other Extinct Hominids?

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene mutation may have protected modern human brains.

PLOS BiologySep 23, 2025
#Fungi in the gut #microbiome ( #mycobiome) are somewhat neglected. This study of gut fungal profiles across natural populations of humans & non-human primates, by @symbionticism &co, reveals significant fungal cospeciation patterns in #hominids @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/46LX4zD
Nikolas Kozloff has movedAug 21, 2025

2.5 million B.C.: welcome to 4 different multi - cultural #hominids sharing East #Africa 🌍

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-fossilized-teeth-that-may-have-come-from-an-unknown-hominin-species-180987188/

Researchers Discover Fossilized Teeth That May Have Come From an Unknown Hominin Species

The find suggests that as many as four different hominin lineages lived in eastern Africa between 2.5 million and 3 million years ago

Smithsonian Magazine
Nikolas Kozloff has movedAug 21, 2025

Sounds like the #Denisovans made #colonization of the #Americas possible

DNA from extinct hominin may have helped ancient peoples survive in the Americas https://share.google/tBKqaTW5tUi1USn9V #evolution #darwin #archaeology #hominids

DNA from extinct hominin may have helped ancient peoples survive in the Americas

Thousands of years ago, ancient humans undertook a treacherous journey, crossing hundreds of miles of ice over the Bering Strait to the unknown world of the Americas.

Phys.org
Miro CollasAug 13, 2025

Ancient teeth reveal human evolution clues and a possible new species - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/SYSck

#Evolution #HumanEvolution #Hominids

PLOS BiologyAug 6, 2025
How do social versus #genetic factors influence communication in non-human #hominids? This study shows that, in line with their caretaking role, #chimpanzees exhibit social influences on #communication behavior from their mothers, but not fathers @PLOSBiology https://plos.io/45o2dMm