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Human Evolution

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850,000-Year-Old Child Vertebra Reveals Earliest Hominin Cannibalism

The precision incisions on the bone expose how Homo antecessor employed cannibalism as a nutritional strategy.

Study Finds Maggot Consumption Could Explain Neandertals’ High Nitrogen Levels

Sonification and Animation Reveal Chaotic Pole Dynamics During Ancient Magnetic Flip

Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

Poland’s Mammoth Tusk Boomerang Dated to 40,000 Years Ago

Harbin Skull Identified as First Near-Complete Denisovan Cranium

Placental Steroid Hypothesis Links Hormones to Human Brain Evolution

Harbin 'Dragon Man' Skull Identified as First Complete Denisovan Cranium

Humans Developed Ecological Flexibility in Africa Before Migrating Into Eurasia

Neanderthals Traveled 2,000 Miles Across Eurasia Using River Valleys

Study Dates Earliest European Whale Bone Tools to 20,000 Years Ago

Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint

Schöningen Spears Confirmed as 200,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Hunting Tools

Study Links Human Adaptations to Survival During Ancient Magnetic Field Weakening

Fossil Confirms Denisovans Lived in Taiwan's Penghu Channel

Arabia's Hidden Past: 8 Million Years of Lush Landscapes Unveiled

Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers Reached Malta 8,500 Years Ago, Study Reveals

7,000-Year-Old Mummies Reveal Lost North African Human Lineage

Study Reveals Human Language Capacity Emerged 135,000 Years Ago

100,000-Year-Old Burials Reveal Cultural Exchange Between Early Humans