Kenyanthropus
A reconstruction of a woman who lived in what's now southwestern France about 12,000 years ago; this bust and her actual skeleton are both at the Field Museum. I think she looks a little like my nibling Molly.
Bipedal locomotion comparison - paranthropus and gorilla (Mauricio Anton)
Homo habilis - reconstruction by Viktor Deak
Ancient hominid made stone tools demanding a range of skills and planning, a study finds.
Paranthropus boisei - OH 5 (male) reconstruction by Eduard Olaru
Coitados de nossos ancestrais.
Tools from the stone age
Smithsonian’s archaeologist Ella Beaudoin and paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner reveal some of the year’s best findings in human origins studies
A fossil that sat exposed at a cave site for eight years upends human family tree.
Paranthropus boisei - OH 5 (male) reconstruction by John Gurche
Homo habilis - reconstruction by Viktor Deak