February 13, 2016

New hominin molar found at the Sterkfontein Caves (Photo courtesy Jason Heaton. All rights reserved)

An article published in “Journal of Human Evolution” describes the exam of some fossils belonging to the genus Homo which may be associated with early stone tools dated at around 2.18 million years ago. Those are a finger bone and of a molar found in the Sterkfontein Caves, in South Africa. Their features make their precise attribution difficult but intriguing.