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5 days, 17 hours ago

Of ‘evolution’ in India

If Homo sapiens sapiens emerged from Africa’s savannas through the quiet perseverance of nature, Homo sapiens artificialis is destined to crawl out of India’s chaotic, clanging socio-economic carnival. The privileged elites, those sipping overpriced kombucha while their AI assistants remind them to hydrate, might fancy themselves as the vanguard of Homo sapiens artificialis. If Homo sapiens sapiens mastered fire and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Old rocks, old humans, old sharks, and links to today

ABC

Robyn Williams: An opal-hearted country, a wilful, lavish land. Chris Stringer: Yes, it's an amazing story, and we haven't really got to the bottom of the early history of this fossil, but for those who don't already know, this fossil from China, the best-preserved ancient human fossil from China, it's been named a new species of human, Homo longi, Dragon …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. However, while it is plausible the remains studied by Bae and Wu may represent a previously unrecognized type of ancient human, Ni said in his view the coauthors hadn’t yet put forward enough information to officially classify Homo juluensis as a newly discovered species — a process that involves lengthy analysis and …

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2 months ago

Scientists reveal what Neanderthal penises looked like

Daily Mail

Today, only one kind of human exists – the homo sapiens. But we do know that homo sapiens migrated out of Africa 60,000 to 70,000 years ago to Eurasia – where they found Neanderthals. Chimpanzees – extant relatives of both homo sapiens and Neanderthals – often indulge in this type of intimate social bonding behaviour and even hold hands, he …

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3 months ago

Neanderthals and humans mated more recently than we thought! Ancient species interbred with our ancestors within the past 50,000 years, study finds - rewriting the story of our evolution

Daily Mail

After humans first migrated out of Africa about 60,000 years ago, we started having sex with Neanderthals – a now extinct archaic but closely-related species. She may have been among some of the first Homo sapiens to have mated with Neanderthals Key events in Neanderthal and human history 300,000 years ago - Homo sapiens emerge in Africa 60,000 to 70,000 …

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Oldest human DNA helps pinpoint when early humans interbred with Neanderthals

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Martin Schutt/picture alliance/Getty Images A broader study on Neanderthal ancestry, published Thursday in the journal Science, that analyzed information from the genomes of 59 ancient humans and those of 275 living humans corroborated the more precise timeline, finding that the majority of Neanderthal ancestry in modern humans can be attributed to a …

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3 months ago

Oldest human DNA helps pinpoint when early humans interbred with Neanderthals

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Martin Schutt/picture alliance/Getty Images A broader study on Neanderthal ancestry, published Thursday in the journal Science, that analyzed information from the genomes of 59 ancient humans and those of 275 living humans corroborated the more precise timeline, finding that the majority of Neanderthal ancestry in modern humans can be attributed to a …

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3 months ago

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

This photo taken on Dec 6, 2024 shows human skull fossil fragments displayed at the exhibition hall of Hualongdong site in Dongzhi county of Chizhou city, East China's Anhui province. HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to …

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3 months ago

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern humans belong. These include nearly 20 ancient human fossils, a well-preserved skull, over 400 stone tools, and numerous bones with evidence of human processing. The fossils exhibit …

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3 months ago

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern humans belong. These include nearly 20 ancient human fossils, a well-preserved skull, over 400 stone tools, and numerous bones with evidence of human processing. The fossils exhibit …

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Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China Daily

This photo taken on Dec 6, 2024 shows human skull fossil fragments displayed at the exhibition hall of Hualongdong site in Dongzhi county of Chizhou city, East China's Anhui province. HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East Asia of the evolutionary transition toward Homo sapiens, the species to …

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3 months ago

China discovers landmark human evolution fossils

China Daily

HEFEI -- Chinese scientists have discovered dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, which are the earliest ones found in East Asia in terms of the evolution process towards Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern human beings belong. A total of 11 human fossils were unearthed, including one well-preserved foot metatarsal bone, one broken frontal bone, one …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “It’s surprising that you would have two kinds of similarly sized, large-bodied hominin species on the same landscape,” said Kevin Hatala, first author of a study on the footprints that published in the journal Science on Thursday. Briana Pobiner, a research scientist and museum educator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “It’s surprising that you would have two kinds of similarly sized, large-bodied hominin species on the same landscape,” said Kevin Hatala, first author of a study on the footprints that published in the journal Science on Thursday. Briana Pobiner, a research scientist and museum educator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Jawdropping discovery: Remains of extinct human species that died thousands of years ago found in kitchen floor tiles

Daily Mail

A dentist caught a huge surprise when he visited his parents' house and spotted a familiar bit of anatomy embedded into the corridor of their newly renovated home. Reddit is rife with fake posts, but multiple experts confirmed to DailyMail.com that this really does appear to be a jawbone, and that it probably belonged to either a modern human or, …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Why did modern humans replace the Neanderthals? The key might lie in our social structures

Deccan Chronicle

Bath, Mar 27 Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct? Forty thousand years ago Neanderthals disappeared from Asia and Europe, replaced by humans. We prize our individuality, but our survival is tied to larger social groups, like a bee’s fate depends on the colony’s survival. Humans aren’t unique in having big brains …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Researchers finally reveal where the first humans went after leaving Africa

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Our results provide the first full picture of the whereabouts of the ancestors of all …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: This California millionaire is peddling eternal life. Why do people believe him?

LA Times

Bryan Johnson addresses followers before leading them on a hike Jan. 13 at Temescal Canyon in Pacific Palisades. “For the first time in the history of Homo sapiens, it’s possible to say with a straight face that death may no longer be inevitable,” he told me on the hike. He calls himself a “ genetically enhanced human,” having undergone $25,000-a-dose …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Human intelligence: it’s how your brain is wired rather than size that matters

BBC

Human intelligence: it’s how your brain is wired rather than size that matters Mareen Fischinger/Forschungszentrum Jülich The human brain is turning out to be much more complicated than scientists could have ever imagined Human brains are bigger than those of our primate relatives, but evidence from extinct human ancestors suggests brain size isn't everything. "Humans are by far the primates …

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1 year, 5 months ago

New tests confirm antiquity of ancient human footprints in New Mexico

The Hindu

Humans trod the landscape of North America thousands of years earlier than previously thought, according to new research that confirms the antiquity of fossilised footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico using two further dating approaches. The footprints date to about 21,000 to 23,000 years ago, based on radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating techniques, researchers said on …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Scientists use pollen data to decode first human migration into Eurasia

Hindustan Times

Pollen grains analysis helps understand how the first humans migrated from Africa across Europe and Asia, research in Science Advances says. The pollen data showed that warming temperatures supported forests that expanded into Siberia and facilitated early human migration there, researchers from the University of Kansas, US, said in their study. "This research addresses long-standing debates regarding the environmental conditions …

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1 year, 5 months ago

We carry DNA from extinct cousins like Neanderthals. Science is now revealing their genetic legacy

Associated Press

Neanderthals live on within us. “The result today is, for some people, that our immune systems are oversensitive, and sometimes they turn on themselves.” Similarly, a gene associated with blood clotting believed to be passed down from Neanderthals in Eurasia may have been helpful in the “rough and tumble world of the Pleistocene,” said Rick Potts, director of the human …

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1 year, 5 months ago

We carry DNA from extinct cousins like Neanderthals. Science is now revealing their genetic legacy

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Scientific discovery casts doubt on our understanding of human evolution

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery The discovery has been met with excitement by some scientists but …

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Of ‘evolution’ in India

Old rocks, old humans, old sharks, and links to today

Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story

Scientists reveal what Neanderthal penises looked like

Neanderthals and humans mated more recently than we thought! Ancient species interbred with our ancestors within the past 50,000 years, study finds - rewriting the story of our evolution

Oldest human DNA helps pinpoint when early humans interbred with Neanderthals

Oldest human DNA helps pinpoint when early humans interbred with Neanderthals

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

Unearthed Hualongdong fossils reveal secrets of human evolution

China discovers landmark human evolution fossils

Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths

Discovery of fossilized footprints reveals the moment two ancient human species crossed paths

Jawdropping discovery: Remains of extinct human species that died thousands of years ago found in kitchen floor tiles

Why did modern humans replace the Neanderthals? The key might lie in our social structures

Researchers finally reveal where the first humans went after leaving Africa

Opinion: This California millionaire is peddling eternal life. Why do people believe him?

Human intelligence: it’s how your brain is wired rather than size that matters

New tests confirm antiquity of ancient human footprints in New Mexico

Scientists use pollen data to decode first human migration into Eurasia

We carry DNA from extinct cousins like Neanderthals. Science is now revealing their genetic legacy

We carry DNA from extinct cousins like Neanderthals. Science is now revealing their genetic legacy

Scientific discovery casts doubt on our understanding of human evolution