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Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

The Gona cranium pairs an erectus-like braincase with a more primitive face to suggest a more complex emergence.

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

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

Study Traces Primate Kissing to a Common Ape Ancestor 16–21 Million Years Ago

PNAS Study Links Chimp Territorial Killings to Short-Term Reproductive Gains

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

Neanderthals Crafted Crayon-Like Ochre Tools in Crimea and Ukraine, Study Finds

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

Early Humans in Italy Butchered a 404,000-Year-Old Elephant and Turned Its Bones Into Tools

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

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

Survey of Turkey’s Ayvalık Coast Revives Ice Age Land-Bridge Route Into Europe

BioScience Paper Argues Culture Is Overtaking Genes in Human Evolution

Smoke-Dried Mummies Across Southeast Asia Rewrite Mummification’s Origins

Isotope Study Links 6,000-Year-Old Alsace ‘Victory’ Burials to Outsider Victims

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

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

Geochemical Study Reveals 13-Kilometer Toolstone Transport by Hominids

Study Finds Maggot Consumption Could Explain Neandertals’ High Nitrogen Levels

Sonification and Animation Reveal Chaotic Pole Dynamics During Ancient Magnetic Flip