Tag: virtual reconstruction
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Human Evolution Rewritten: Million-Year Skull Challenge to Homo erectus
In 1990, a long-studied skull kept in a museum drawer became the unlikely center of a scientific catapult. Dated to roughly one million years ago, it had for years been cited as a classic Homo erectus specimen—the archetype many researchers used to map the early spread of humanity. Then, a small team unveiled something unexpected:…
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The Million-Year-Old Skull That Could Rewrite Human History
The Discovery That Could Reshape Our Story In the early 1990s, a fossil once thought to be a straightforward landmark in human evolution is upending its own legacy. A skull dated to about one million years ago, long associated with Homo erectus, has undergone a virtual reexamination that suggests its original classification may be incorrect.…