A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected long ...
A new study is unraveling everything we thought we knew about human evolution. Published on March 18, 2025, in the journal Nature Genetics, “A structured coalescent model reveals deep ancestral ...
Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic ...
Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...
If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...
A fossil jaw found in Ethiopia shows Paranthropus ranged far north, challenging long-held ideas about early human relatives ...
A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.Related video above ...
Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy straightforward explanation. From the jut of the human chin to the curve of the outer ...
A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.
The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...
Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning “large head people”—they’ve recently been introduced to science under the ...
Ancient tools from central China are flipping the script, revealing early humans were far more innovative than history once gave them credit for.
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