Early Homo sapiens may have lived in rainforests, new clues suggest — and it could overturn our understanding of human evolution - Live Science

Archaeologists from La Trobe University have described 18 newly published hominin fossils from South Africa, including a second skull fragment belonging to Homo erectus. The discovery adds stronger evidence that the species was present in southern Africa 2.0 million years ago, about 200,000 years earlier than traditionally believed. The fossil collection also includes remains of P. robustus. Those specimens suggest the species was undergoing gradual evolutionary changes as it adapted to shifting environmental and climatic conditions.

The suit quickly failed at the U. S. Supreme Court, which found Texas had no standing to try to invalidate votes cast in another state. But it firmly established Paxton, the Texas attorney general, as a partisan fighter willing to wield the power of his office to aid Republicans, attack Democrats and challenge election results. It made him a conservative star and helped him secure Trump’s critical endorsement, propelling Paxton forward as the party’s nominee this year for U. S. Senate in Texas. Early voting starts on Monday. Since 2020, Paxton has continued to use his office to intervene in election disputes and pursue political opponents. Paxton has sued former congressman Beto O’Rourke, tried to shut down a Latino voter registration group, opposed the counting of provisional ballots in Houston and unsuccessfully tried to criminally indict a sitting county election administrator.