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An ancient skull unlike any human ever seen is baffling scientists and could rewrite the story of our evolution
The skull, found in China in 2019, looks like an ancient modern human but has the chin of a Denisov…
Insider Inc.
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Ancient giant mammals such as mammoths might’ve gone extinct due to human activity, not climate change
While past studies often attributed the extinction of large mammals to climate change, a new invest…
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500,000-year-old pieces of wood discovered in Zambia have 'no known parallels' in the world, archeologists say
The archeological finds consist of wooden structures and tools, such as digging sticks, found along…
Kai Xiang Teo
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An extinct species buried their dead and carved symbols 100,000 years before humans. The findings challenge our understanding of human evolution, researchers say.
Homo naledi had much smaller brains than modern-day humans. Burials and carvings were previously th…
Alia Shoaib
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How interbreeding between humans and our Neanderthal cousins 40,000 years ago affects our health today
The 40,000-year-old genetic inheritance bestowed on humans by the Neanderthals is highlighted by a …
Isobel van Hagen
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Some of the earliest-known cave drawings were from Neanderthals, not humans, and they're 57,000 years old
France's La Roche-Cotard Cave may contain some of the oldest cave drawings made by Neanderthals. Re…
Jenny McGrath
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Your mental illnesses may be a result of ancient cross-species fornication, a study has found
The story of human evolution is an intricate tapestry woven with a ton of interbreeding with other …
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A video that appears to show David Attenborough narrating a programmer's life shows Hollywood actors are right to be afraid of AI
If you've ever wanted acclaimed broadcaster and documentary filmmaker Sir David Attenborough to nar…
Kai Xiang Teo
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If you're an early riser, you may have Neanderthal DNA to thank for it
Many of us carry Neanderthal or Denisovan DNA, and some of it may be linked with being an early ris…
Marianne Guenot
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The biotech CEO who's trying to reverse aging swears by a strict diet, and spoiler alert, it involves a 'blended mush'
"I no longer have arousal from eating junk food," biotech CEO Bryan Johnson told Insider in a separ…
Kai Xiang Teo,Hilary Brueck
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300,000-year-old footprints are some of the oldest in Europe and show how our ancient ancestors co-existed with rhinos and elephants on lake and river shores
Three fossilized footprints were left behind by the ancient human species Homo heidelbergensis and …
Kelly Burch
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Amateur archaeology sleuth deciphers messages hidden in Stone Age cave art for 25,000 years
Ben Bacon, a furniture restorer by day, spent his nights decoding the writing that has baffled scie…
Bethany Dawson
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Neanderthals hunted cave lions at least 48,000 years ago, and feasted on their meat, ancient bones reveal
The research is the first to show how our prehistoric ancestors had the hunting skills to take on t…
Marianne Guenot
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Butchery marks on a fossilized bone suggest human ancestors ate each other, shocking researchers
Butchery marks on a fossilized bone belonging to a human ancestor suggest the flesh was removed for…
Jenny McGrath
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I live with my wife, my son, my other son's half-brother, my aunt, and my younger brother. My parents are also moving in with us in a month.
The author shares how his family didn't intend to be a multigenerational household, but shares the …
Jason Brick
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As Earth's climate got wetter, ancient humans were able to migrate more widely, a new scientific model suggests
A research team simulated Earth's climate history 2 million years ago. Their work suggests human ex…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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'Dragon Man,' a mysterious new human species found in China, could be a closer relative of ours than Neanderthals
A species of human ancestor called Homo longi, or "Dragon Man," lived in China 146,000 years ago. I…
Aylin Woodward
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A human ancestor previously unknown to science lived alongside ancient humans and Neanderthals - and they all interbred
A human ancestor called Nesher Ramla homo occupied Israel and Arabia alongside humans at least 120,…
Aylin Woodward
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Some Neanderthals couldn't smell their own stink, suggests a new study recreating early humans' noses
Understanding what early humans smelled can offer better context for our own sense of smell, and gi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Zapping a rodent's brain can put it into suspended animation. Scientists want to one day use the same technique for humans traveling to Mars.
Sending ultrasound signals into rodent brains puts them in a torpor, scientists found, prompting ho…