Scientists in a recent research study have uncovered a surprising link between the 2.7 million-year-old climate tipping point and human evolution. The researchers led by the University of ...
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What are ghost lineages? Ancient ancestors hiding in modern human DNA whose fossils were never found
Our DNA is like a treasure trove that holds secrets from deep time, whispers from ancient kin who vanished without a trace yet gave us who we are toda.
Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being ...
A new study provides a clearer timeline for one of the most significant prehistoric sites worldwide for the study of human ...
Fresh dating of Homo Erectus fossils suggests ancient humans reached East Asia far earlier than once believed.
Arizona State University Regents Anne Stone will present research on the evolutionary history of infectious disease at the ...
A new analysis argues that this daily work of processing and cooking food helped reshape human bodies and social life. It explores how fire, tools, and cooperation driven by women changed humans’ ...
Regular contact with fire could play a key role in the formation of the human genome, affecting the mechanisms of healing and immune response. This is the conclusion reached by scientists at Imperial ...
Fitzhugh Brundage’s gripping new book, aptly titled A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War, represents an essential contribution to this rethinking in its account of what was ...
A new archival exhibition in The City is highlighting the last century of effort in advancing our knowledge and understanding of human sexuality. “Desire on the Couch,” currently on view at the ...
Scientists studying the remains of an individual buried 5,500 years ago in Colombia discovered a previously unknown strain of the bacterium that causes syphilis. Using statistical analysis, the team ...
Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...
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