20-Year Study Reveals: Neanderthals Were As Intelligent as Homo sapiens
Neanderthals knew how to control fire and used it to cook food. Researchers have learned about their habits and diet from the traces found near…
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Unraveling an Ice Age Mystery – New Study Reveals Surprises About Early Human Migration
The mystery of human migration during the Ice Age has long been a subject of debate among anthropologists: When and how did the flow of…
Ancient Cave Reveals New Secrets of Our First Ancestors
Tam Pà Ling, a cave located in the northern region of Laos, unveils new insights into the earliest human migrations from Africa all the way…
Genes Don’t Lie: DNA Reveals a New Twist in Human Origin Story
Contemporary DNA evidence suggests that humans emerged from the interaction of multiple populations living across the continent. A new study in Nature challenges prevailing theories,…
New DNA Research Changes Origin of Human Species
New model for human evolution suggests Homo sapiens arose from multiple closely related populations. A new study in Nature challenges prevailing theories, suggesting that Homo…
Ancient Tooth From Young Girl Discovered in Cave Unlocks Mystery of Denisovans, a Sister Species of Modern Humans
Denisovans, a sister species of modern humans, inhabited Laos from 164,000 to 131,000 years ago with important implications for populations out of Africa and Australia….
“Meat Made Us Human” Evolutionary Narrative Starts To Unravel
New study calls into question the importance of meat-eating in shaping our evolution. Quintessential human traits such as large brains first appear in Homo erectus…
Dawn of Humanity Pushed Back 30,000 Years
Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 years ago. The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognized as…
Out of Africa: The Path of Homo sapiens – By Which Routes Did Modern Man Arrive in Europe?
By which routes did modern man arrive in Europe? A book reports on the latest findings. What routes did Homo sapiens take on his way…
On the Origin of Our Species: Untangling Ancestry in the Evolution of Homo sapiens
Experts from the Natural History Museum, The Francis Crick Institute, and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History Jena have joined together…
European Cave Paintings Older Than Previously Thought, Might Have Been Painted by Neanderthals
Some European cave paintings are older than previously thought, implying that Neanderthals might have been their creators rather than Homo sapiens. It’s not yet certain,…