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Nibbled-on bones found in a cave revealed that our Neanderthal ancestors ate each other. Scientists may have figured out why.
Layer XV - just 16 inches thick - not only included the cannibalized Neanderthal remains but also e…
Aylin Woodward
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Ancient plaque on 50,000-year-old Neanderthal teeth reveal the real 'paleo diet'
Thanks to recent advances in gene-sequencing technology, Dobney and his research team revealed that…
Erin Brodwin
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50,000-year old plaque on ancient teeth reveals what Neanderthals really ate
Thanks to recent advances in gene-sequencing technology, Dobney and his research team revealed that…
Erin Brodwin
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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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Researchers Just Released The First High-Quality Neanderthal Genome Sequence
"We are in the process of comparing this Neanderthal genome to the Denisovan genome as well as to t…
Jennifer Welsh
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Neanderthals' Brain May Have Been What Killed Them Off
"Smaller social groups might have made Neanderthals less able to cope with the difficulties of thei…
Robert Ferris
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Here's What Happened When Neanderthals And Ancient Humans Hooked Up 80,000 Years Ago
Modern humans, Neanderthals, and their sister lineage, Denisovans, descended from a common ancestor…
Dina Spector
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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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Our human ancestors were almost wiped out about 930,000 years ago, leaving just a tiny group of reproductive individuals, new study suggests
Almost a million years later, that tiny group of human ancestors has now grown to 8 billion people …
Katie Balevic
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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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Nobel prize winner Svante Paabo's DNA discoveries offer clues as to what makes us human
In other words, Paabo has been awarded the prestigious prize for having sequenced the genomes of…
PTI
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Mysterious giant 300,000-year-old hand axes were found at an Ice Age site in England. Scientists can't work out why they are so big.
The axes, one of which is about a foot long, were far to big to have been held easily. Archaeologis…
Marianne Guenot
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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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Researchers have found the remains of a teenager that died 7,200 years ago, revealing a group of humans previously unknown to science
The young woman was likely part of the prehistoric Toleans, which mysteriously disappeared 1,500 ye…
Marianne Guenot
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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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Humans arrived in North America at least 15,000 years earlier than we thought, discoveries show — which suggests they came by boat
When and how the first people arrived in North America is up for debate. New studies suggest the co…
Aylin Woodward
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300,000-year-old skulls that look shockingly like us could rewrite the human origin story
A bit more digging revealed a nearly-complete skull, which the miners turned over to their field do…