Archaeological discoveries in East Asia over the last decade or so have dramatically rewritten our understanding of human evolution, writes Darren Curnoe.
Exciting genetic and archaelogical discoveries this year, including a Red Deer Cave people thigh bone, are dramatically rewriting major episodes of our ancient past, writes Darren Curnoe.
A 14,000 year-old thigh bone found in China suggests an ancient species of human thought to be long extinct may have survived until as recently as the end of the last Ice Age.
Have you ever wondered why we have an appendix? Or why some of us can wiggle our ears? And just why are we so hairy? Find out in the latest episode of our series on human evolution, "How Did We Get Here?"