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Penghu Seabed Leg Bones Identified as Denisovan Fossils

Protein analysis assigns two partial leg bones from the Penghu Channel to Denisovans pending peer review with genomic data required for confirmation.

1.43-Million-Year-Old Footprints Suggest Paranthropus boisei Walked in Male Groups

Study Recasts ‘Hobbits’ as Scavengers, Not Big-Game Hunters

Study Says 'Hobbits' Scavenged Komodo Dragon Kills, Not Big-Game Hunters

Protein Analysis Shows All Sampled Homo Naledi Remains Are Female

Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

New Evidence Suggests Hominins Used Fire in Wonderwerk Cave 1.07–1.8 Million Years Ago

Study Dates Homo erectus Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave to 1.07–1.79 Million Years Ago

Neanderthals Planned Seasonal Shellfish Harvests 115,000 Years Ago, Study Finds

Neanderthal Tooth Shows 59,000-Year-Old Dental Treatment

Science Study Finds Neandertal–Human Pairings Skewed Toward Neandertal Men and Modern Women

Ice Age Marks on German Artifacts Show Information Density Comparable to Proto‑Cuneiform, PNAS Study Finds

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

Oldest Known Handheld Wooden Tools, 430,000 Years Old, Unearthed in Greece

Moroccan Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years May Sit Near Human Lineage's Root

Moroccan Hominin Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Bolster African Roots of the Homo Sapiens Lineage

773,000-Year-Old Moroccan Fossils Recast the Early Family Tree of Modern Humans

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

Study Finds Cannibalised Neanderthal Women and Children at Belgium's Goyet Caves 45,000 Years Ago

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