SKULL BUSTER: Cranium Of 1.5m-Year-Old Human Ancestor Was Rounder And Longer, Say Boffins

Picture shows skull and endocranial cast of DAN5, undated. The study made digital reconstructions of two fossils found in the Ethiopian site of Gona to carry out the analysis of their neurocranial shape and the variability of the first species of the genus Homo erectus. Note: Licensed photo.  (CENIEH/Newsflash ) Picture shows skull and endocranial cast of DAN5, undated. The study made digital reconstructions of two fossils found in the Ethiopian site of Gona to carry out the analysis of their neurocranial shape and the variability of the first species of the genus Homo erectus. Note: Licensed photo. (CENIEH/Newsflash )
Copyrights: CENIEH/Newsflash

06 March 2023
Experts have studied the skull of a 1.5 million-year-old human ancestor with one of the smallest cranial capacities and say that it was longer and rounder than those of modern humans. Newsflash obtained a statement from the CENIEH (Centro Nacional de Investigacion sobre la Evolucion Humana...