Researchers at the Catalan Institute of Paleontology have described a new primate species that went extinct 20 million years ago. The small prosimian, similar to today’s lemur and weighing between 110 and 115 grams, was described through a study of the dental record of this genus of primitive primate

STAFF | ABRIL 5TH, 2011

The ancestors of both humans and various animals were driven from Africa to Eurasia by climate change. This second wave of migration occurred around 800,000 years ago, according to a study of the remains of 180 cattle by the Catalan Institute of Human Paleontology and Social Evolution and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

STAFF | MARCH 30TH, 2011

The first stone tools were made by the combined mastery of three critical technical gestures. The right combination of these movements provides clues about the cognitive abilities of man. This was demonstrated by a study of the Catalan Institute of Human Paleontology and Social Evolution published in the Journal of Archaeological Science

STAFF | MARCH 29TH, 2011

The oldest water rat in history has been found at the Sima del Elefante dig, part of Atapuerca in northern Spain, an archaeological site rich in fossils where the remains of the first Europeans were discovered. This rodent lived 1.2 million years ago and is related to a species of rat in the Iberian Peninsula

STAFF | JANUARY 26th, 2011