Understanding this crucial point in human history has focused on the Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site in Georgia where ...
The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...
A new study links climate stress to the disappearance of the early human species Homo floresiensis, known as the “hobbits” of ...
A team of researchers at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed the introduction of a new human ...
The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...
Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...
Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts. New research suggests at least some key distinctions date back earlier than ...
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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 ...
The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...
In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...
The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...
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