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Our ancestors bred with Neanderthals 50,000 years ago — here's where scientists think they did it
Scientists have pinpointed the Zagros Mountains as a key site where Homo sapiens and Neanderthals i…
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Did infection from human viruses contribute to the demise of Neanderthals 40,000 years ago?
Researchers sifted through DNA extracted from Neanderthal remains in Chagyrskaya Cave, Russia, to l…
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Strengthening monsoons might have enticed early humans to migrate from Africa to East Asia: study
Back in Southeast Africa, where our ancestors initially called home, things were getting rough. Dry…
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These primitive human ancestors were burying their dead 100,000 years before us!
The ancient burial site in the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage site, contained at leas…
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Neanderthals built their own fireplaces where they used to cook food on a regular basis, similar to modern humans: study
Archaeologists have long been aware of the Neanderthals' use of fire. However, the crux of the matt…
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Climate change was rampant in the ancient past. So how did our primitive ancestors survive?
The Earth was throwing an increasing number of climate tantrums over the past three million years, …
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A child's tooth found in a cave could rewrite understanding of early human history, researchers say
The discovery suggests Homo sapiens co-existed in the Rhone Valley region of France alongside Neand…
Alia Shoaib
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Oldest human fossils from eastern Africa are about 30,000 years older than scientists thought
The bones of ancient Homo sapiens, unearthed in Ethiopia, were buried beneath a layer of volcanic a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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This is the most important difference between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals
It's unclear how smart or social Neanderthals were, but we know they never formed the kinds of larg…
Rafi Letzter
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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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There's hope for homo sapiens yet after humans beat a team of AI bots at the video game 'Dota 2'
OpenAI, which was cofounded by the famously AI-fearful Elon Musk, created the five neural netw…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
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The marvelous evolution of Man
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Footprints In The Mud Of Time Indicate Early Humans Treaded European Shores
In case you are curious, let us tell you these foot sizes match the modern shoe sizes of 7 or 8 in …
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An Incredible New Skull Is Forcing Us To Rethink The Evolution Of Early Humans
"Who knows who is Homo habilis?" said Zollikofer "The whole story is so shaky that we cannot just s…
Dina Spector
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A group of our Homo erectus ancestors suffered a mysterious mass death more than 107,000 years ago. It's their last appearance in the fossil record.
By correctly dating these fossils, anthropologists can now explore who Homo erectus might have inte…
Aylin Woodward
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Human bones unearthed from a German cave have altered the timeline of ancient human history
Homo sapien bones in a German cave prove early humans occupied Europe 47,500 years ago alongside Ne…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Neanderthals and humans may belong to the same species, say scientists. It could rewrite the history of our evolution.
As we begin to unpick the history of human and Neanderthal evolution, new scrutiny is being placed …
Marianne Guenot
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Over 80% of prehistoric megaherbivores went extinct due to human activity and not climate change: Study
Recent studies have spotlighted the extinction or rapid decline of large mammals over the past 50,0…
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'Intellectually inferior' humans caused Neanderthals to go extinct, a new book claims
Neanderthals' extinction is one of the biggest mysteries about the species. In "The Naked Neanderth…
Jenny McGrath
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Most of us have a bit of Neanderthal DNA, with some more than others. Scientists think they've figured out why.
Scientists have long been puzzled by why some East Asian populations have a little more Neandertha…