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Scientists may have discovered a new human relative. It lived on a tiny island in the Philippines at the same time as Homo Sapiens.
According to Detroit, 15 years ago, scientists' conception of human evolution in Asia was very simp…
Aylin Woodward
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Anthropologists have found the oldest skull of one our of earliest human ancestors. The 3.8-million-year-old fossil changes our understanding of human history.
They discovered an almost complete skull split into two major pieces - the upper jaw bone was separ…
Aylin Woodward
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Ancient humans had sex and interbred with a mysterious group known as the Denisovans more than once, new research has found
We've known for years now that early humans interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans - other homi…
Kevin Loria
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Early human ancestors started migrating around the world far earlier than scientists thought
"The initial dispersals out of Africa prior to 60,000 years ago were likely by small groups of fora…
Kevin Loria
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A 160,000-year-old jaw from a human ancestor was found in a Tibetan cave. It might explain why Tibetans are able to live at high altitudes today.
Usually, when humans reach high altitudes - where oxygen levels are lower - our bodies make more he…
Aylin Woodward
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Watch NASA launch a spacecraft to explore ancient asteroids that lead and trail Jupiter around the sun
The Trojan asteroids have barely changed since the birth of our solar system. NASA's Lucy mission a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A 210,000-year-old skull found in Greece is the oldest modern human discovered outside of Africa. It changes our timeline of human migration.
The oldest evidence of our modern human ancestors (Homo sapiens) dates back 315,000 years and was f…
Aylin Woodward
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A handful of recent discoveries has transformed our entire understanding of human history
There's less certainty now about how long ago modern humans truly evolved, when people spread aroun…
Kevin Loria
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Archaeologists say they've discovered the mysterious origins of real-life hobbits
Produced by Emma Fierberg. Original reporting by Jessica Orwig.Follow BI Video: On T…
Emma Fierberg,Jessica Orwig
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Sorry, paleo dieters: Your low-carb diet likely isn't how our ancestors fueled their big brains
The researchers analyzed existing information about early hominins (the group that later evolved in…
Lydia Ramsey
10 mins read
What scientists found deep inside a cave challenges ideas of human evolution
Their feet were incredibly similar to those of modern humans, says Harcourt-Smith, who led the stud…
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Scientists have discovered the oldest human footprint ever seen in the Americas
Then, to identify which kind of creature the print belong to, the scientists took x-ray images, mea…
Aylin Woodward
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Archaeologists are fuming over a new study that claims the iconic early human ancestor Lucy died of falling from a tree
"I've worked in Eastern Africa for a long time and at fossil sites ... like the one where Lucy is f…
Erin Brodwin
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An ancient finger bone found in Saudi Arabia is now the earliest evidence of humans outside of Africa - and it could change our understanding of human history
"Tracing the evolution and geographic dispersal of the human lineage is rather like connecting piti…
Kevin Loria
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Scientists figured out which human ancestor made the first cave paintings - and it challenges one way we thought humans were unique
In the other new study, researchers used the same technique to reveal that Neanderthals may have en…
Kevin Loria
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I've taken AncestryDNA, 23andMe, and National Geographic genetics tests - here's how to choose which one to try
Verdict: If you're looking at this test as a science experiment, using it as a way to get involved …
Lydia Ramsey
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10 Dumb Things 'Science' Said In 2013
"If we use A as a man and use B as a woman we are going to have B + A that is woman and man showing…