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Origins of Human Language Pathway in the Brain at Least 25 Million Years Old

Apr. 20, 2020 — The human language pathway in the brain has been identified by scientists as being at least 25 million years old -- 20 ... read more
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When Three Species of Human Ancestor Walked the Earth

Apr. 2, 2020 — Scientists share details of the most ancient fossil of Homo erectus known and discuss how these new findings are forcing us to rewrite a part of our species' ... read more
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Lucy Had an Ape-Like Brain

Apr. 3, 2020 — A new study led by paleoanthropologists reveals that Lucy's species Australopithecus afarensis had an ape-like brain. However, the protracted brain growth suggests that -- as ... read more

Modern Humans, Neanderthals Share a Tangled Genetic History, Study Affirms

Apr. 1, 2020 — A new study reinforces the concept that Neanderthal DNA has been woven into the modern human genome on multiple occasions as our ancestors met Neanderthals time and again in different parts of the ... read more
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Global Human Genomes Reveal Rich Genetic Diversity Shaped by Complex Evolutionary History

Mar. 19, 2020 — A new study has provided the most comprehensive analysis of human genetic diversity to date, after the sequencing of 929 human genomes. The study uncovers a large amount of previously undescribed ... read more

'Little Foot' Skull Reveals How Human Ancestor More Than 3 Million Years Old Lived

Mar. 17, 2020 — High-resolution micro-CT scanning of the skull of the fossil specimen known as 'Little Foot' has revealed some aspects of how this Australopithecus species used to live more than 3 million ... read more

Scientists Have Discovered the Origins of the Building Blocks of Life

Mar. 16, 2020 — Researchers have discovered the origins of the protein structures responsible for metabolism: simple molecules that powered early life on Earth and serve as chemical signals that NASA could use to ... read more

Ancient Mantis-Man Petroglyph Discovered in Iran

Mar. 16, 2020 — A rare rock carving of an insect found in the Teymareh site of Central Iran has been jointly described by a team of entomologists and archaeologists. The petroglyph shows a six-limbed creature with ... read more

Surprising Research: Prehistoric Hyenas and Humans Share Migration Patterns

Mar. 13, 2020 — New research into the evolutionary history and prehistoric migrations of hyenas reveals surprising similarities between hyenas and prehistoric humans. The results also indicate that humans had a ... read more

Siberian Neanderthals Originated from Various European Populations

Mar. 4, 2020 — At least two different groups of Neanderthals lived in Southern Siberia researchers have now shown that one of these groups migrated from Eastern ... read more

Apes' Inner Ears Could Hide Clues to Evolutionary History of Hominoids

Mar. 3, 2020 — Studying the inner ear of apes and humans could uncover new information on our species' evolutionary relationships, suggests a new ... read more

Anthropogenic Seed Dispersal: Rethinking the Origins of Plant Domestication

Feb. 27, 2020 — Over the past three millennia, selective breeding has dramatically widened the array of plant domestication traits. However, a close look at the archaeobotanical record illustrates a similar suite of ... read more

Early Worm Lost Lower Limbs for Tube-Dwelling Lifestyle

Feb. 27, 2020 — Scientists have discovered the earliest known example of an animal evolving to lose body parts it no longer ... read more

Gene Loss More Important in Animal Kingdom Evolution Than Previously Thought

Feb. 27, 2020 — Scientists have shown that some key points of animal evolution -- like the ones leading to humans or insects -- were associated with a large loss of genes in the genome. The study compared over 100 ... read more

Mystery Surrounding Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling in Central Queensland Solved

Feb. 26, 2020 — The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after more than a half a ... read more

Human Populations Survived the Toba Volcanic Super-Eruption 74,000 Years Ago

Feb. 25, 2020 — Researchers present evidence that Middle Palaeolithic tool-users were present in India before and after the Toba super-eruption 74,000 years ago. The findings support arguments that Homo sapiens was ... read more

Ancient DNA from Sardinia Reveals 6,000 Years of Genetic History

Feb. 24, 2020 — A new study of the genetic history of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island off the western coast of Italy, analyzed genome-wide DNA data for 70 individuals from more than 20 Sardinian archaeological ... read more

Oldest Reconstructed Bacterial Genomes Link Farming, Herding With Emergence of New Disease

Feb. 24, 2020 — Using Salmonella enterica genomes recovered from human skeletons as old as 6,500 years, an international team of researchers illustrates the evolution of a human pathogen and provides the first ... read more

Earliest Interbreeding Event Between Ancient Human Populations Discovered

Feb. 20, 2020 — A new study documented the earliest known interbreeding event between ancient human populations -- a group known as the 'super-archaics' in Eurasia interbred with a Neanderthal-Denisovan ... read more

Dog Domestication During Ice Age

Feb. 19, 2020 — Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from a 28,500-year-old fossil site in the Czech Republic provides supporting evidence for two groups of canids -- one dog-like and the other wolf-like - with ... read more

Researchers Were Not Right About Left Brains, Study Suggests

Feb. 14, 2020 — Brain imprints on cranial bones from great apes and humans refute the long-held notion that the human pattern of brain asymmetry is unique, according to new ... read more

Neanderthal Ancestry Also in African Populations

Jan. 30, 2020 — After sequencing the Neanderthal genome, scientists discovered all present day non-African individuals carry some Neanderthal ancestry in their DNA. Now, researchers present evidence of Neanderthal ... read more

Early North Americans May Have Been More Diverse Than Previously Suspected

Jan. 29, 2020 — Ancient skulls from the cave systems at Tulum, Mexico, suggest that the earliest populations of North America may have already had a high level of morphological diversity, according to a new ... read more

The 'Firewalkers' of Karoo: Dinosaurs and Other Animals Left Tracks in a 'Land of Fire'

Jan. 29, 2020 — In southern Africa, dinosaurs and synapsids, a group of animals that includes mammals and their closest fossil relatives, survived in a 'land of fire' at the start of an Early Jurassic mass ... read more
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