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PNAS Study Finds Neanderthal Brains Fall Within Modern Human Range

The findings point to demographic replacement as the most likely reason Neanderthals vanished.

Ancient DNA Study Finds 479 Human Gene Variants Shaped by Selection

PNAS Nexus Study Argues Human Grammar Evolved to Showcase Wit

New Species Crocodylus lucivenator, Likely Predator of 'Lucy,' Described From Ethiopia

Yunxian Homo Erectus Skulls Re-Dated to About 1.77 Million Years

New Study Finds Human Chin Is an Evolutionary Byproduct

Study Links Humans’ Use of Fire to Evolution in Burn-Response Genes

Oldest, Most Complete Homo Habilis Skeleton Described From Kenya

Moroccan Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Anchor African Ancestors Near Modern Human Roots

NYU-Led Reanalysis Points to Bipedalism in 7-Million-Year-Old Sahelanthropus

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

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

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

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

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, Confirms Coexistence With Lucy’s Species

New Ethiopian Fossils Link 3.4-Million-Year-Old ‘Burtele Foot’ to Australopithecus deyiremeda

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

Study Links Ancient Lead Exposure to Brain Differences Between Humans and Neanderthals

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

Digitally Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Skull From China Recasts Human Family Tree, Study Says