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Anthropologist, conservationist, teacher, father.
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Male Bonobos Crack the Code of Hidden Fertility Signals
Male bonobos skillfully read subtle, imperfect cues to pinpoint the best chances for conception.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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The flat-top human skull is the first example of this type of cranial modification in the area. 🏺🧪
Unusual, 1,400-year-old cube-shaped human skull unearthed in Mexico
Archaeologists discovered an unusually flat-topped skull at a pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican site.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Ancient DNA reveals that China’s earliest “cats” were actually wild leopard cats living with farmers for millennia. True domestic cats arrived only in the Tang dynasty via the Silk Road. History of felines rewritten. #Archaeology #AncientDNA #Cats #SilkRoad www.anthropology.net/p/strangers-...
Strangers at the Gate: How Leopard Cats, Not House Cats, Shared Early Chinese Homes
New ancient DNA research reveals a long, unexpected history of wild felines living alongside early farmers in China and shows that true domestic cats arrived far later, carried along the Silk Road.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Chimpanzee calls trigger unique brain activity in humans, revealing shared vocal processing skills
The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our auditory cortex respond specifically to the vocalizations of chimpanzees, ...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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'Huge surprise' reveals how some humans left Africa 50,000 years ago
How did Homo sapiens manage to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago, when earlier treks out of the continent had ended in failure?
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December 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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A fossilized foot found 15 years ago belonged to enigmatic human relative that lived alongside Lucy, scientists say
Freshly unearthed jaw bones and teeth that were found close to a previously discovered foot suggest human relatives tried several ways of walking before honing in on one strategy.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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A decade-long chimp war ended in a baby boom for the victors, scientists discover

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A decade-long chimp war ended in a baby boom for the victors, scientists discover
A deadly conflict between rival groups of chimpanzees in Uganda led to comprehensive victory and a bounty of territory and food — does it show why humans go to war?
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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The Slow Vanishing: How Small Waves of Homo sapiens May Have Quietly Absorbed the Neanderthals
A new mathematical model suggests the end of the Neanderthals was less an extinction than a genetic merging—a slow fade through interbreeding rather than a cataclysmic fall.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Gelada Mothers Fake Fertility To Save Their Babies From Infanticidal Males
When dealing with a murderous newcomer, evolution rewards a little deception on behalf of your child.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Incredible Footage May Be First Evidence Wild Wolves Have Figured Out How To Use Tools (maybe)

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Incredible Footage May Be First Evidence Wild Wolves Have Figured Out How To Use Tools
And they've made a howl-to video.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Omo-Turkana Basin fossil catalog helps piece together early hominin record

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Omo-Turkana Basin fossil catalog helps piece together early hominin record
The Omo-Turkana Basin, where the Omo River drains into Lake Turkana in Africa, has been one of the three most valuable regions for the study of hominin evolution in Africa. Since the 1960s, many large...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations

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First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations
The Altamura Neanderthal was adapted to the cold – but not in the way we thought.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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World's earliest traces of agriculture were recently discovered in a cave
Stone tools and wild barley grains reveal pre-agricultural crop harvesting dating back 9,200 years inside a remote cave.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Chimps shock scientists by changing their minds with new evidence
Chimps may revise their beliefs in surprisingly human-like ways. Experiments showed they switched choices when presented with stronger clues, demonstrating flexible reasoning. Computational modeling c...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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DNA dating back 45,000 years proves Neanderthals crossed Eurasia from one end to the other
A tiny Crimean bone links Neanderthals to Siberia, revealing long-distance networks shaped by shifting climates and migration routes.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Scientists recover 40,000-year-old mammoth RNA still packed with clues
Researchers have sequenced the oldest RNA ever recovered, taken from a woolly mammoth frozen for nearly 40,000 years. The RNA reveals which genes were active in its tissues, offering a rare glimpse in...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Archaeologists Found Ancient Tools That Contradict the Timeline of Civilization

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Archaeologists Found Ancient Tools That Contradict the Timeline of Civilization
The math doesn’t add up.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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New Neanderthal footprints in Portugal reveal a life we never expected
Footprints preserved on ancient dunes show Neanderthals actively navigating, hunting, and living along Portugal’s coastline. Their behavior and diet suggest a far more adaptable and socially complex p...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Humans are born to run, and scientists now think they know how this trait evolved

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Humans are born to run, and scientists now think they know how this trait evolved
Humans stand out among mammals for our ability to run long distances without falling apart. That ability links back to early human ancestors.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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New fossil find shows robust human ancestor had huge thumbs that could make and use tools

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New fossil find shows robust human ancestor had huge thumbs that could make and use tools
New fossils reveal the hand bones of Paranthropus boisei, proving this early human ancestor could make and use tools.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have found.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Neanderthals used ‘crayons’ to color

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Neanderthals used 'crayons' to color
Ancient ochre pigment fragments show that our cousins had an artistic flair.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Was This Giant, Armadillo-Like Animal Butchered by Humans in Argentina 21,000 Years Ago?
The creature's bones show evidence of cutting with stone tools, adding to a series of findings that suggest humans were present in the Americas earlier than thought
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October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Could This Be The Real Reason Humans Survived And Neanderthals Died Out?

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Could This Be The Real Reason Humans Survived And Neanderthals Died Out?
An industrial pollutant may have been driving human evolution for millions of years.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Million-year-old fossil changes what we know about human hands and feet

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Million-year-old fossil changes what we know about human hands and feet
For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic jaw and powerfully constructed biting muscles. Its coarse-grass and reed d...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM