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Scientists Discovered a New Human Species That Defies Conventional Wisdom
One possible member of the new species H. juluensis isn’t a newcomer to science by any stretch. Denisovans—first identified ...
Archaeologists uncover 115,000-year-old footprints where they shouldn't be
Seven footprints believed to be about 115,000 years old have been found amid various prehistoric animal prints.
Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn’t Be
A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...
Scientists just found a 140,000-year-old child's skull in Israel, and what they found could change human history
A child's skull, almost 140,000 years old, was found in Israel. Researchers believe it shows interbreeding between modern ...
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New DNA Evidence Suggests First Australians May Have Arrived Later Than Previously Thought
New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...
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Ötzi The Iceman's Ribcage Wasn’t Like Ours, But It May Have Helped Him Survive
A new digital reconstruction of Ötzi the Iceman’s ribcage shows a number of “ambiguous” features that might have assisted him on his seasonal migration to the frosty Alpine peaks. By comparing the ...
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Over Past 250,000 Years, Three Major Waves Of Human-Neanderthal Interbreeding Have Been Identified
Neanderthals and Homo sapiens repeatedly interbred, shared genes, and merged populations over the course of nearly 250,000 ...
First Neanderthal–Homo Sapiens hybrid? CT scan reveals unusual features in 140,000 yr-old child skull: Study
A groundbreaking study reveals a 140,000-year-old child skull found in Israel may represent the first identified hybrid ...
This child wasn't fully human: Ancient skull shakes up human evolution
A 140,000-year-old hybrid child's skull found in Israel shows traits of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, rewriting the ...