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Published Tiny new species of great ape lived in Germany 11 million years ago



Ancient apes in Germany co-existed by partitioning resources in their environment, according to a ne...
Published 2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools - 2.9-Million-Year-Old Butchery Site Reopens Case of Who Made First Stone Tools


Along the shores of Africa's Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, early human ances ...
Published Ancient DNA reveals Asian ancestry introduced to East Africa in early modern times - Ancient DNA reveals Asian ancestry introduced to East Africa in early modern times


The largest-yet analysis of ancient DNA in Africa, which includes the first ancient DNA recovered fr...
Published Remains of an extinct world of organisms discovered - Remains of an Extinct World of Organisms Discovered



Newly discovered biomarker signatures point to a whole range of previously unknown organisms that do...
Published How did humans learn to walk? New evolutionary study offers an earful



A new study, which centers on evidence from skulls of a 6-million-year-old fossil ape, Lufengpithecu...
Published Bringing back an ancient bird



Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, biologists have sequenced the ge...
Published New insights into the origin of the Indo-European languages



An international team of linguists and geneticists has achieved a significant breakthrough in our un...
Published Archaeologists discover world's oldest wooden structure



Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structu...
Published Thailand's Iron Age Log Coffin culture



A mortuary practice known as Log Coffin culture characterizes the Iron Age of highland Pang Mapha in...
Published Neanderthal gene variants associated with greater pain sensitivity



People who carry three gene variants that have been inherited from Neanderthals are more sensitive t...
Published Challenging prehistoric gender roles: Research finds that women were hunters, too



Anthropologists challenge the traditional view of men as hunters and women as gatherers in prehistor...
Published Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools



Research suggests that Paleolithic humans in the Middle East selected flint for their cutting tools...
Published DNA study IDs descendants of George Washington from unmarked remains, findings to aid service member IDs going back to World War II



New DNA sequencing technologies have identified the historical remains of George Washington's grandn...
Published Genetic variant identified that shaped the human skull base



Researchers have identified a variant in the gene TBX1 as key in the development of the unique morph...
Published Origins of cumulative culture in human evolution



Cumulative culture -- the accumulation of technological modifications and improvements over generati...
Published First case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals documented in new study



A new study documents the first case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals and reveals that they were cap...
Published New research challenges hunter-gatherer narrative



Analysis of the remains of 24 individuals from the Wilamaya Patjxa and Soro Mik'aya Patjxa burial si...
Published Uncovering the mystery of Dorset's Cerne Giant



For centuries, the Cerne Giant, a figure carved into a hillside in Dorset, has fascinated locals and...
Published 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave where species buried their dead



A new documentary has recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal whose flattened sku...
Published Excavation reveals 'major' ancient migration to Timor Island



The discovery of thousands of stone artefacts and animal bones in a deep cave in Timor Island has le...