It's known as Homo luzonensis, after the site of its discovery on the country's largest island Luzon. Its physical features are a mixture of those found in very ancient human ancestors and in more ...

It was a hot and humid day when archaeologists set off for the island of Luzon, the Philippines, in search of historic ...

Considering how long humans have been on Earth, it’s surprising that we have been scientifically studying our evolution for only 200 years. But in that short time, we’ve discovered about two ...

The researchers assigned the bones that they found to three H. luzonensis individuals - two adults and one child. "Overall these teeth and bones have a striking combination of characteristics ...

Luzonensis is a prehistoric hominid who is about to leave overseas to be a migrant worker. Hours before departing, he discovers that his passport is missing. Together with his father, they retrace ...

Evolution is the process of heritable change in populations of organisms over multiple generations. Evolutionary biology is the study of this process, which can occur through mechanisms including ...