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Published Insight into one of life's earliest ancestors revealed in new study
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have shed light on Earth's earliest ecosystem, showing that within a few hundred million ...
Published Jawbone may represent earliest presence of humans in Europe - Jawbone May Represent Earliest Presence of Humans in Europe
(via sciencedaily.com) For over a century, one of the earliest human fossils ever discovered in Spain has been long conside ...
Published Humanity's earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago - Humanity's Earliest Recorded Kiss Occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 Years Ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Written sources from Mesopotamia suggest that kissing in relation to sex was practiced by the people...
Published New genetic research on remote Pacific islands yields surprising findings on world's earliest seafarers - New Genetic Research on Remote Pacific Islands Yields Surprising Findings on World's Earliest Seafarers
(via sciencedaily.com) New genetic research from remote islands in the Pacific offers fresh insights into the ancestry and...
Published When did the chicken cross the road? New evidence from Central Asia
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source An international team of scholars present the earliest clear archaeological and biomolecular evidenc ...
Published Did neanderthals use glue? Researchers find evidence that sticks
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists h...
Published Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Archaeologists have debated whether Neanderthals or modern humans made stone tools that are found at...
Published Earliest land animals had fewer skull bones than fish -- restricting their evolution, scientists find - Earliest Land Animals Had Fewer Skull Bones Than Fish -- Restricting Their Evolution, Scientists Find
(via sciencedaily.com) The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct and living fish, limiting their evolution for m...
Published Half a billion-year-old spiny slug reveals the origins of mollusks
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Exceptional fossils with preserved soft parts reveal that the earliest mollusks were flat, armored s ...
Published Sahelanthropus, the oldest representative of humanity, was indeed bipedal...but that's not all! - Sahelanthropus, the Oldest Representative of Humanity, Was Indeed Bipedal...But That's Not All!
(via sciencedaily.com) The modalities and date of emergence of bipedalism remain bitterly debated, in particular because of...
Published DNA sequence enhances understanding origins of jaws - DNA Sequence Enhances Understanding Origins of Jaws
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers have discovered and characterized a DNA sequence found in jawed vertebrates, such as sha...
Published Early gibbon fossil found in southwest China: Discovery fills evolutionary history gap of apes - Early Gibbon Fossil Found in Southwest China: Discovery Fills Evolutionary History Gap of Apes
(via sciencedaily.com) A team of scientists has discovered the earliest gibbon fossil, a find that helps fill a long-elusiv ...
Published How placentas evolved in mammals - How Placentas Evolved in Mammals
(via sciencedaily.com) The fossil record tells us about ancient life through the preserved remains of body parts like bones...
Published Revealing the genome of the common ancestor of all mammals - Revealing the Genome of the Common Ancestor of All Mammals
(via sciencedaily.com) An international team has reconstructed the genome organization of the earliest common ancestor of a ...
Published Cave excavation pushes back the clock on early human migration to Laos - Cave Excavation Pushes Back the Clock on Early Human Migration to Laos
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Fifteen years of archaeological work in the Tam Pa Ling cave in northeastern Laos has yielded a reli...
Published Early hunting, farming homogenized mammal communities of North America - Early Hunting and Farming Homogenized Mammal Communities of North America
(via sciencedaily.com) Whether by the spear or the plow, humans have been homogenizing the mammal communities of North Amer...
Published The heat is on: Traces of fire uncovered dating back at least 800,000 years - The Heat is On: Traces of Fire Uncovered Dating Back at Least 800,000 Years
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists reveal an advanced, innovative method that they have developed and used to detect nonvisu...
Published UK's oldest human DNA obtained, revealing two distinct Palaeolithic populations - UK's Oldest Human DNA Obtained, Revealing Two Distinct Palaeolithic Populations
(via sciencedaily.com) The first genetic data from Palaeolithic human individuals in the UK -- the oldest human DNA obtaine...
Published Oldest evidence of the controlled use of fire to cook food, researchers report - Oldest Evidence of Controlled Use of Fire to Cook Food Discovered by Researchers
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The remains of a huge carp fish mark the earliest signs of cooking by prehistoric human to 780,000 y ...
Published Prehistoric human migration in Southeast Asia driven by sea-level rise - Prehistoric Human Migration in Southeast Asia Driven by Sea-Level Rise
(via sciencedaily.com) An interdisciplinary team of scientistshas found that rapid sea-level rise drove early settlers in S...