Human fossils

The species to which humans belong, homo sapiens, is believed to have come into existence between 100 000 - 200 000 years ago. Because this is too long ago for any written records to have existed, scientists must use other methods to gather information about our evolutionary past. The most useful of these methods have been the study of human fossils, the archeological record, and genetic analysis.

The earth doesn't give up its secrets easily—not even in the "Cradle of Humankind" in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found.

The Valdaro Lovers is the name given to two skeletons who have been locked in an eternal embrace for the past 6,000 years. The embracing skeletons were

Homo erectus skeleton. View of a fossilised skeleton of an early human (Homo erectus).

Skeletons of man and gorilla. The people's natural history, embracing living animals of the world and living races of mankind. 1903.

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A pictorial atlas of fossil remains London :H.G. Bohn,1850. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31203967