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Protein Analysis Shows All Sampled Homo Naledi Remains Are Female

This finding could signal sex-specific mortuary use by H. naledi or reflect a population-level loss of the Y-linked amelogenin gene.

Prolonged Drought Tied to ‘Hobbit’ Disappearance on Flores, New Study Finds

Kenyan Site Reveals 300,000 Years of Early Oldowan Toolmaking

New Dating Sets Petralona Skull’s Minimum Age at 286,000 Years, Undercutting Older Claims

New Study Finds Early Hominins Transported Toolstone Over 13 Kilometers

Geochemical Study Reveals 13-Kilometer Toolstone Transport by Hominids