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last mo.

Reanalysis Overturns ‘Smoking Gun’ for Human Megafauna Hunting in Australia

New imaging and geochemical tests show a Mammoth Cave kangaroo bone was cut after fossilization, pointing to fossil collecting by First Peoples rather than butchery.

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last mo.

First Paranthropus Boisei Hand Reveals Human-Like Dexterity With Gorilla-Like Power

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2mo ago

Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Skull Recasts Early Human Family Tree

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2mo ago

Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Tied to Denisovan-Linked Lineage, Pushing Homo Splits Earlier

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2mo ago

AI Links Leopard Bite Marks to Homo Habilis, Recasting an Early Human as Prey

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3mo ago

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding

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3mo ago

Fossil Teeth in Ethiopia Point to Oldest Homo and a Possible New Australopithecus

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4mo ago

24-Million-Year-Old Rhino Enamel Proteins Recovered, Dinosaur Fossils Next