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Much of the new research involves high-tech analysis of fragmentary fossils or genetic code - but no single tooth, scrap of finger bone or shiny piece of lab equipment captures our attention quite like a skull.
Improvements in extracting and analyzing ancient DNA and preserved proteins have created molecular-level tools capable of determining relationships between both individuals and species. floresiensis and, just last year, its neighbor in the Philippines, H. Researchers have added four new members to the genus Homo : South Africa’s Homo naledi, Asia’s Denisovans, Indonesia’s “hobbit” H.
In the opening decades of the 21st century, new discoveries have refined and revised the story of human evolution at an unprecedented rate. These are heady times for paleoanthropologists.
This story appeared in the June 2020 issue as "Head Cases." Subscribe to Discover magazine for more stories like this.