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Neanderthals Made Ancient Jewelry, New Evidence Shows
In the Grotte du Renne, a cave that sits within Arcy-sur-Cure in Central France, lay a collection of archaeological remains that have been a subject of dispute since they were uncovered in 1949....
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Fossil Evidence Supports Theories of Earlier Migrations Out of Africa, Study...
A number of shifts in thought have occurred in relation to early human migrations during the last several months, which include questions about when, precisely, the ancestors of modern humans first...
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Scientists Create An Image Of What Ancient Denisovans May Have Looked Like
Despite not having much to go on, scientists still managed to create an image of what ancient Denisovans may have looked like. Up until around 15,000 years ago, humans and Denisovans shared caves and...
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Neanderthals May Have Been Killed Off By Ear Infections
Scientists claim to have finally solved the mystery as to how Neanderthals became extinct and they say it was because of ear infections. While at first thought it seems unlikely that something as...
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Scientists Identify The Hometown Of The First Modern Humans
Scientists claim to know the location of where the first modern humans walked the Earth 200,000 years ago. Although it was originally believed that the first modern humans arose in the eastern part of...
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Homo Sapiens Didn’t Cause Neanderthals To Go Extinct – Inbreeding And Small...
Since Homo sapiens arrived in Europe around the same time as Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago, it has been long believed that modern humans were to blame for their demise. However,...
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Ancient Bones Reveal Earliest Evidence Of Modern Humans Living In Europe
While working in a Bulgarian cave called Bacho Kiro, archaeologists made a huge discovery when they unearthed the earliest evidence of modern humans living in Europe. Two research teams unearthed bones...
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Some Humans Today Carry DNA From a Mysterious Ancestor
According to a new study, some people alive today carry genes from an ancient ancestor that has yet to be identified. In fact, this unknown species may have been around as far back as a million years...
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Neanderthals May Have Been Able to Speak Like Us
A new study has suggested that Neanderthals were able to hear sounds and even produce speech like today’s humans. Experts came to this conclusion by creating a digital reconstruction of the skull bones...
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Neanderthals Made Ancient Jewelry, New Evidence Shows
In the Grotte du Renne, a cave that sits within Arcy-sur-Cure in Central France, lay a collection of archaeological remains that have been a subject of dispute since they were uncovered in 1949....
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Fossil Evidence Supports Theories of Earlier Migrations Out of Africa, Study...
A number of shifts in thought have occurred in relation to early human migrations during the last several months, which include questions about when, precisely, the ancestors of modern humans first...
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New DNA Study Reveals We Are No More Than 7% Modern Humans
A new study on DNA has revealed that people living today are only between 1.5% and 7% modern humans. No, this doesn’t mean that we’re over 90% alien (or are we…?), but it does indicate that we have...
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Sex With Humans May Have Caused Neanderthals to Become Extinct
When Neanderthals mated with modern humans, it may have been a significant factor in their eventual extinction. New research has suggested that when these two species interbred, some of the babies were...
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Evidence of the Largest Asteroid Impact Witnessed by Modern Humans
Scientists in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang have located a crater from what they believe was the largest asteroid impact to have hit our planet in the last 100,000 years. The speed as well as...
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Newly Identified Homo Bodoensis May Be a Direct Ancestor of Modern Humans
A newly named ancient species that lived over half a million years ago might have been a direct ancestor of modern humans. Scientists have officially named this ancient species Homo bodoensis. While...
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41,500-Year-Old Pendant is Eurasia’s Oldest Human-Decorated Jewelry
(Note: photo above is not the pendant.) An ivory pendant that dates back 41,500 years is said to be the oldest example of humans decorating jewelry in Eurasia. The pendant was found in Poland by...
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