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Large Plain of Jars Vessel Held Bones of 37 People, Study Shows

A peer‑reviewed paper links episodic secondary burials dated to about 890–1160 CE with beads traced to South India and Mesopotamia, prompting further DNA and bioanthropological analysis.

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DNA From Polish Cave Reconstructs 100,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Community

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10,500-Year-Old Aurochs Skull on Pine Stake Suggests Ritual Display Near Northern Germany’s Oldest Known Grave

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Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

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Malawi Pyre Dating to 9,500 Years Ago Is Africa’s Earliest Intentional Cremation

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New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species

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Oldest Clear Evidence of Intentional Fire-Making Found at 400,000-Year-Old Suffolk Site

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Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

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Altamura Neanderthal’s Nose Reconstruction Overturns Claimed Cold-Adaptation Traits

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New Model Recasts Neanderthal 'Extinction' as Genetic Absorption Into Modern Humans

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Nature Study Finds 8,500-Year-Old Ancestry in Central Argentina That Endures Today

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New Finds at Aguada Fénix Show 3,000-Year-Old Maya Monument Was a Built Cosmogram

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Rebuilt Chinese Fossil Skull Suggests Earlier Human Lineage Split

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Reconstructed Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

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Digital Rebuild of 1‑Million‑Year‑Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

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Genomic Study Maps Sex-Biased, Cape-Centered Colonial Ancestry in South Africans

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eLife Paper Revives Case for Homo Naledi Burials Deep in Rising Star Caves

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Skhūl Child Fossil Shows Mixed Human–Neanderthal Traits, Pushing Interbreeding to 140,000 Years Ago

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Study Recasts 140,000-Year-Old Skhūl Child as Earliest Homo Sapiens–Neandertal Hybrid

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Denisovan-Derived MUC19 Variant Rose in the Americas, Study Finds

Cultural Anthropology

Large Plain of Jars Vessel Held Bones of 37 People, Study Shows

DNA From Polish Cave Reconstructs 100,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Community

10,500-Year-Old Aurochs Skull on Pine Stake Suggests Ritual Display Near Northern Germany’s Oldest Known Grave

Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Malawi Pyre Dating to 9,500 Years Ago Is Africa’s Earliest Intentional Cremation

New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species

Oldest Clear Evidence of Intentional Fire-Making Found at 400,000-Year-Old Suffolk Site

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

Altamura Neanderthal’s Nose Reconstruction Overturns Claimed Cold-Adaptation Traits

New Model Recasts Neanderthal 'Extinction' as Genetic Absorption Into Modern Humans

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Nature Study Finds 8,500-Year-Old Ancestry in Central Argentina That Endures Today

New Finds at Aguada Fénix Show 3,000-Year-Old Maya Monument Was a Built Cosmogram

Rebuilt Chinese Fossil Skull Suggests Earlier Human Lineage Split

Reconstructed Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

Digital Rebuild of 1‑Million‑Year‑Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

Genomic Study Maps Sex-Biased, Cape-Centered Colonial Ancestry in South Africans

eLife Paper Revives Case for Homo Naledi Burials Deep in Rising Star Caves

Skhūl Child Fossil Shows Mixed Human–Neanderthal Traits, Pushing Interbreeding to 140,000 Years Ago

Study Recasts 140,000-Year-Old Skhūl Child as Earliest Homo Sapiens–Neandertal Hybrid

Denisovan-Derived MUC19 Variant Rose in the Americas, Study Finds

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