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Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...
New skull discoveries and DNA analysis are unravelling the mysteries of the Denisovans. Paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer ...
For decades, anthropologists lumped these ancient populations into a single species, Homo heidelbergensis, long believed to ...
A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.
Neanderthals, Denisovans and our ancestors were mixing and mingling a long time ago -- and some of our genetics can be traced back to these archaic humans. In Asians, as much as 3% of an ...
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The Top Human Evolution Discoveries of 2025, From the Intriguing Neanderthal Diet to the Oldest Western European Face Fossil
This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...
On the seabed off the coast of Taiwan, a fisherman’s dredge pulled up more than just marine life. Among the animal remains was something unexpected—a thick, heavy jawbone. For years, the fossil ...
Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...
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