/tags/anthropology anthropology en-US Copyright Wed, 04 Mar 2020 21:46:36 GMT /ideastream/2020-03-04/human-ancestors-discovered-in-ethiopia-show-complex-behaviors-tool-use The 1.5 million-year-old fossils of human ancestors recently unearthed in Ethiopia show sophistication in behaviors and tool use, said the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) researchers who found them, despite one example having the smallest cranium of any specimen found in Africa to date. One Homo erectus female cranium found is a little less than half the size of our brains, said CWRU anatomy professor Scott Simpson, who worked with the team that discovered the fossils. Wed, 04 Mar 2020 21:46:36 GMT /ideastream/2020-03-04/human-ancestors-discovered-in-ethiopia-show-complex-behaviors-tool-use /news-partners/npr-news/2017-03-08/some-neanderthals-were-vegetarian-and-they-likely-kissed-our-human-ancestors A new study of the dental plaques of three Neanderthals reveals surprising facts about their lives, including what they ate, the diseases that ailed them and how they self-medicated (and smooched). Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:11:00 GMT /news-partners/npr-news/2017-03-08/some-neanderthals-were-vegetarian-and-they-likely-kissed-our-human-ancestors Rhitu Chatterjee