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Researchers Propose Campfire Storytelling as a Driver of Spoken Language

The paper proposes evening campfires produced sensory and social conditions capable of favouring complex spoken language, calling for empirical tests.

Tooth Proteins Link East Asian Homo Erectus to Denisovans and Modern Peoples

Ancient Tooth Proteins Hint at Links Between Chinese Homo Erectus and Denisovans

Indonesian Hand Stencil Dated to 67,800 Years Emerges as Oldest Known Rock Art

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

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

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

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

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

Humans Developed Ecological Flexibility in Africa Before Migrating Into Eurasia