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Placental Steroid Hypothesis Links Prenatal Hormones to Human Brain Evolution

Placental hormone production may have driven human brain enlargement, fostering complex social behavior.

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

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

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

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

1.5-Million-Year-Old Bone Tools Rewrite Early Human History

Humans Lived in African Rainforests 150,000 Years Ago, Study Finds

22,000-Year-Old Drag Marks Suggest Early Handcart Use in Ancient Americas

18,000-Year-Old Polish Cave Reveals Evidence of Cannibalism Among Early Europeans