The SMC hosted this Nature press briefing on the discovery of new fossil evidence regarding early humans settling in Norfolk. read more

American scientists have today published the results of a study conducted on DNA extracted from the thigh bone of a Neanderthal man who lived 38,000 years ago. read more

The discovery of a fossilised juvenile Australopithecus afarensis in Ethiopia was reported in Nature today, it is believed to be from the same species as the key specimen, named ‘Lucy’, found in 1974. read more

Fossils of a 375 million year old new species of ancient fish, named Tiktaalik roseae, found north of the Arctic Circle, fill an evolutionary gap in the transition between water and land animals. read more

Revolutionary dating techniques have suggested that a collection of stone tools from East Anglia show human activity in Northern Europe 200,000 years earlier than scientists previously thought. With results published in ‘Nature’ this week, researchers explain how this challenges the current understanding of how humans moved from Southern Europe to colonise areas of Northern Europe including the UK. read more

Professor Chris Stringer, hominid researcher, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, said: “On the chimp fossil find – this shows … read more

Responses to the discovery of a tiny species of ancient human hailed as one of the most sensational finds of its type in decades. read more