Diets of Human Ancestors Revealed by 780,000-Year-Old Food Remains
A study of prehistoric stone tools has suggested that a group of early humans ate a surprisingly diverse range of plant foods ...
3 million-year-old tools found in the ‘cradle of humankind’ offer glimpse at prehistoric life
Kenya’s Homa peninsula is home to several artifacts of early humanity, most notably the remains of Lucy, a being with mixed ...
Chimpanzees Are Behaving As Humans Did During Key Point of Evolution
A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.
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Researchers Track Down When Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans Interbred Using Ancient Genomes
Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...
Researchers reveal ancient dietary habits and early human use of plant foods
A new archaeological study, conducted along the Jordan River banks south of northern Israel’s Hula Valley, offers a fresh ...
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2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a ... More Evidence That Europe's Ancient ...
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From Chimps Eating Medicinal Plants to Footprints Tracking Our Early Relatives, Here Are the Most Significant Human Evolution Discoveries of 2024
Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...
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Early human ancestor 'Lucy' was a bad runner, and this one tendon could explain why
By digitally modeling muscles and tendons for the skeleton of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), researchers determined that our hominin ancestors could run well but topped out around 11 mph.