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Neanderthals Walked with Flatter, More Flexible Feet, Researchers Say
Recent heel bone scans reveal Neanderthals possessed flatter, more flexible feet adapted for stability.
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3D scans reveal surprising differences between Neanderthal and Homo sapien feet
Recent 3D scans reveal surprising skeletal differences between Neanderthal and Homo sapien feet, highlighting distinct adaptations.
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Ancient DNA in the Neanderthal Mirror
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Stone and water governed early human settlement of the desert
Recent scientific studies reveal that early humans needed both stone and water to settle in ancient Arabian deserts.
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Denisovans had a distinctive look, protein and skull study suggests
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What Happened to the Neanderthals?
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30,000-year-old woman’s DNA links ancestry between eastern and western Europe
Genetic analysis of ancient remains and cave dirt reveals sweeping migration and population links across prehistoric Europe.
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A murder mystery reveals realities of Neanderthal life and death
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Ancient gut microbes link hunter-gatherers in Africa and forager-farmers in South America
Scientists find ancient gut bacteria shared between African hunter-gatherers and South American forager-farmers from common ancestors.
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DNA Puts Humans in the Americas at the Height of the Last Ice Age, but the Debate Isn't Over
Ancient DNA findings indicate human presence in the Americas during the height of the last Ice Age.
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Ice Age Spear Points Tell a Fascinating Story of Human Progress
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Face of earliest human seen for first time
Coverage details the historic first visual reveal of the face belonging to the earliest known human.
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Fossil Evidence Suggests Early Homo Had Abandoned Tree-Climbing by 1.8 Million Years Ago
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Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals before they disappeared, and most people of non-African ancestry still carry roughly 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA today — meaning part of the human population we once thought we simply replaced never actu
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It's Oldest Evidence of Habitual Drug Use—and the Damage
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'Heel-strike' may have allowed early humans to walk farther—at the cost of high-impact forces
Recent scientific reporting examines how heel-first walking patterns enabled early human migration.
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Ancient teeth reveal the Ice Age origins of the world’s 4th most common addictive drug
Analysis of ancient teeth has uncovered the Ice Age origins of the world's fourth most common addictive drug.
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Scientists measured campfire light and discovered its incredible role in shaping human language
New research suggests the specific lighting conditions of campfires may have disadvantaged hand gestures and favored the evolution of spoken language.
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Were Denisovans tall compared to other ancient humans? We should be sceptical
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Clades, Grades, and the Genus Problem: A Case for Revising Hominin Taxonomy
An anthropologist proposes folding Australopithecus and Paranthropus into the genus Homo.
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His pelvis was made for walking. Hers? Not so much, claims study of Neanderthal bones
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The First Ever Leg Bones Of The Mysterious Denisovans Have Been Identified From Fossils Dredged From The Seafloor
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Scientists Found DNA from Not One, but Two ‘Ghost Species’ Hiding in Our Genetic Code
Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence of two extinct 'ghost species' within modern human DNA, suggesting a far more complex evolutionary history.
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Study Points to Sugar, Not Just Meat, as Fuel for Human Brain Evolution
Recent studies suggest sugar, alongside meat, fueled the evolution of the human brain.
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1.4-Million-Year-Old Footprints Reveal a Giant Human Relative
Newly examined 1.4-million-year-old footprints indicate the existence of an unexpectedly large human relative.
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Mysterious DNA: two unknown ancestors found in human genome
Researchers have identified two previously unknown 'ghost' ancestors embedded within the human genome, revealing hidden complexities in human evolution.
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Humanity spoke thousands of languages at the dawn of farming
New research suggests a prehistoric 'golden age' of linguistic diversity where thousands more languages existed before the rise of expanding empires.
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Artifacts dating back 400,000 years, found in cave, show ‘complex and rich’ pre-human society
New archaeological discoveries in Israel are prompting a reassessment of the technical sophistication and social complexity of pre-human ancestors.
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To Reveal the Rhythmic Roots of Laughter, Just Tickle an Ape
Recent research indicates that humans and great apes may have shared common laughter patterns for 15 million years.
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New DNA study of Neanderthals bolsters suspicions of human-driven extinction
Recent DNA analysis of late-surviving Neanderthals challenges traditional extinction theories by ruling out inbreeding as the primary doom.