Africa Archaeology in West Africa could rewrite the textbooks on human evolution theconversation.com - Eleanor Scerri Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as the Middle Stone Age material …
Biology 45,000-year-old human genomes reveal extent of Neanderthal interbreeding verified_publishernewatlas.com - By Michael Irving Two new genetic studies have shed light on just how often our ancestors got frisky with Neanderthals. Scientists analyzed the genomes of …
Live ScienceScience 100,000-year-old Neanderthal footprints show children playing in the sand Live Science - Tom Metcalfe They could be Europe's oldest. Some 100,000 years ago, an extended family of 36 Neanderthals walked along a beach, with the kids jumping and …
Biology Some of Europe's Oldest-Known Modern Humans Are Distantly Related to Native Americans smithsonianmag.com - Brian Handwerk Forty-five thousand years ago, some of the first modern humans to call Europe home lived in and around Bulgaria’s Bacho Kiro Cave. They created …
Africa Modern Human Brain Originated 1.7 Million Years Ago in Africa, New Study Reveals news18.com - News18 One of the most intriguing questions we face is: When and where did the modern human brain evolve? The first populations of the genus Homo, which …
Biology 45,000-year-old female skull offers ‘oldest modern human genome’ sciencefocus.com - Amy Barrett The fossil skull unearthed in the Czech Republic is thought to be from one of the earliest modern human populations in Eurasia. Remains thought to be …
