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Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side
Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side
With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a species different from that of the famous fossil Lucy providing further proof that...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side
Early hominin Australopithecus afarensis may not be our human ancestor after all | Natural History Museum
Early hominin Australopithecus afarensis may not be our human ancestor after all | Natural History Museum
New Australopithecus fossils found in Ethiopia are changing the human family tree.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Early hominin Australopithecus afarensis may not be our human ancestor after all | Natural History Museum
Neanderthal women and children were the victims of selective cannibalism at Goyet, study reveals
Neanderthal women and children were the victims of selective cannibalism at Goyet, study reveals
The study of an assemblage of Neanderthal human bones discovered in the Troisième caverne of Goyet (Belgium) has brought to light selective cannibalistic behavior primarily targeting female adults and...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Neanderthal women and children were the victims of selective cannibalism at Goyet, study reveals
First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations, NASA Reveals Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From 8 Missions, And Much More This Week | IFLScience
First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations, NASA Reveals Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From 8 Missions, And Much More This Week
All the biggest science news stories of the week.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations, NASA Reveals Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From 8 Missions, And Much More This Week | IFLScience
A two-channeled Neanderthal hearth: archaeologists just figured out what it was for (and it’s fascinating)
A two-channeled Neanderthal hearth: archaeologists just figured out what it was for (and it’s fascinating)
The find sits on Gibraltar’s iconic limestone. Wind, salt, and time shaped this coast. People did the rest. New work now ties a stone-built hearth to a
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November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A two-channeled Neanderthal hearth: archaeologists just figured out what it was for (and it’s fascinating)
News - Neanderthals May Have Crafted Implements for Drawing - Archaeology Magazine
News - Neanderthals May Have Crafted Implements for Drawing - Archaeology Magazine
NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE, FRANCE—Neanderthals may have fashioned ocher tools for drawing and marking surfaces, according to a […]
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November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
News - Neanderthals May Have Crafted Implements for Drawing - Archaeology Magazine
Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds
Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds
A new study led by the University of Oxford has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and that Neanderthals likely engaged...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds
Prehistoric “Crayons” Overturn What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals - Futura-Sciences
Prehistoric “Crayons” Overturn What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals - Futura-Sciences
Neanderthals—artists ahead of their time? Newly analyzed ochre crayons show that our prehistoric cousins were already using objects to communicate symbolically, long before Homo sapiens. With their...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Prehistoric “Crayons” Overturn What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals - Futura-Sciences
Did Neanderthals Deal with the Common Cold and Other Types of Ailments? | Discover Magazine
Did Neanderthals Deal with the Common Cold and Other Types of Ailments?
Learn more about the diseases Neanderthals endured and how their weakened immune system and encounters with humans made them more susceptible to infection.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Did Neanderthals Deal with the Common Cold and Other Types of Ailments? | Discover Magazine
Looking inside a well-preserved Neanderthal nose to solve a mystery about our ancestors' faces
Looking inside a well-preserved Neanderthal nose to solve a mystery about our ancestors' faces
A long-standing debate in paleontology about whether the distinctive Neanderthal nose evolved purely for the cold weather may have finally been solved, and it's all thanks to an ancient, exceptionally...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Looking inside a well-preserved Neanderthal nose to solve a mystery about our ancestors' faces
Science history: Iconic 'Lucy' fossil discovered, transforming our understanding of human evolution — Nov. 24, 1974 | Live Science
Science history: Iconic 'Lucy' fossil discovered, transforming our understanding of human evolution — Nov. 24, 1974
On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor. The iconic "Lucy" fossil would reveal much about our species' tangled...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Science history: Iconic 'Lucy' fossil discovered, transforming our understanding of human evolution — Nov. 24, 1974 | Live Science
A Math Equation May Help Solve the Neanderthal Extinction Mystery | Discover Magazine
A Math Equation May Help Solve the Neanderthal Extinction Mystery
Learn about a new mathematical model that suggests Neanderthals never went extinct and, instead, became modern humans.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A Math Equation May Help Solve the Neanderthal Extinction Mystery | Discover Magazine
Scientists Find Evidence That Humans Made Out With Non-Human Creatures
Scientists Find Evidence That Humans Made Out With Non-Human Creatures
A new study from Oxford University shows that humans and Neanderthals most likely kissed each other back in the distant past.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Scientists Find Evidence That Humans Made Out With Non-Human Creatures
Archaeological discovery upends the timeline of human civilization - Earth.com
Archaeological cave discovery upends the 'known' timeline of human civilization
Humans reached, settled, and thrived on Mindoro far earlier than most scientific timelines for allow for the evolution of human civilization.
www.earth.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Archaeological discovery upends the timeline of human civilization - Earth.com
We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age | New Scientist
We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age
Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
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November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age | New Scientist
When did kissing evolve and did humans and Neanderthals get off with each other? New research
When did kissing evolve and did humans and Neanderthals get off with each other? New research
Humans are not the only animal to kiss.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
When did kissing evolve and did humans and Neanderthals get off with each other? New research
New Denisovan discovery could rewrite our family tree
New Denisovan discovery could rewrite our family tree
An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our closest relatives
www.newscientist.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New Denisovan discovery could rewrite our family tree
Famous Altamura Neanderthal Remains Reveal First-Ever Preserved Nasal Cavity In Human Fossil Record | IFLScience
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 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Famous Altamura Neanderthal Remains Reveal First-Ever Preserved Nasal Cavity In Human Fossil Record | IFLScience
DNA hidden for 45,000 years proves Neanderthals crossed Eurasia - Earth.com
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 10:39 AM
DNA hidden for 45,000 years proves Neanderthals crossed Eurasia - Earth.com
New Neanderthal footprints in Portugal reveal a life we never expected | ScienceDaily
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...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
New Neanderthal footprints in Portugal reveal a life we never expected | ScienceDaily
Archaeologists Find Tools Contradicting the Timeline of Civilization
Archaeologists Found Ancient Tools That Contradict the Timeline of Civilization
The math doesn’t add up.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Archaeologists Find Tools Contradicting the Timeline of Civilization
A Mathematical Model Suggests Humans Outbred Neanderthals Into Oblivion
A Mathematical Model Suggests Humans Outbred Neanderthals Into Oblivion
Humans have many evolutionary advantages. Getting frisky may be one of them.
www.zmescience.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A Mathematical Model Suggests Humans Outbred Neanderthals Into Oblivion
Neanderthals May Never Have Truly Gone Extinct, Study Reveals
Neanderthals May Never Have Truly Gone Extinct, Study Reveals
Neanderthals may have never truly gone extinct, according to new research – at least not in the genetic sense.
www.sciencealert.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Neanderthals May Never Have Truly Gone Extinct, Study Reveals
Why Did Neanderthals Look Different To Us? The Answer Lies In Our "Dark Genome" | IFLScience
We Now Know Why Neanderthal Faces Looked So Different To Our Own
The answer lies in our “dark genome”.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Why Did Neanderthals Look Different To Us? The Answer Lies In Our "Dark Genome" | IFLScience
Scientists stunned by discovery of Neanderthal cave paintings reshaping the understanding of human creativity
Scientists stunned by discovery of Neanderthal cave paintings reshaping the understanding of human creativity
Scientists in Europe are rethinking everything they thought they knew about the birth of art and the minds that made it. Fresh dates and microscopic clues
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November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Scientists stunned by discovery of Neanderthal cave paintings reshaping the understanding of human creativity