Rethinking how we name and classify our human ancestors following recent evolutionary discoveries

Дата публикации: 18-08-2026 22:30:05

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, according to new research from Monash University. The study, published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology, argues that we need a rethink and proposes reclassifying all species of humans and our closely related fossil relatives that have lived in the past 4–5 million years as part of the genus Homo.

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