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Oldest human DNA helps pinpoint when early humans interbred with Neanderthals

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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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Pinning down the details of how and when Neanderthals and homo sapiens interbred

NPR

Pinning down the details of how and when Neanderthals and homo sapiens interbred Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Look at the DNA of most people living outside of Africa today, and you'll see that tens of thousands of years ago, early modern humans mated with Neanderthals and had babies. DANIEL: Sumer …

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1.5 million-years-old footprints reveal unknown secret about human species

India Today

A new study has unveiled fossilised footprints from two ancient human species, Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, that coexisted in northern Kenya approximately 1.5 million years ago. Discovered at the Koobi Fora site near Lake Turkana, these footprints provide the first physical evidence that these distinct species shared the same landscape, raising intriguing questions about their interactions and potential competition …

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Smallest adult human arm bone fossil so far discovered points to origins of 'hobbit'

ABC

A 700,000-year-old fragment of arm bone has shed light on the origins of the early human species known as the "hobbit". Now the discovery of a partial upper arm bone, the smallest adult human arm bone in the fossil record so far, and two more teeth at Mata Menge has revealed that this H. floresiensis individual was only around 100cm …

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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, 3 months ago

Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans

Associated Press

What does it mean to be human? “A different way to be human.” What’s more, humans had close — even intimate — interactions with some of these other groups, including Neanderthals, Denisovans and “ghost populations” we only know from DNA. Archaeologist John Shea of New York’s Stony Brook University said he used to think of Neanderthals and H. sapiens as …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Neanderthals cooked meals with pulses 70,000 years ago

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Plant material found at the Shanidar Cave in northern Iraq — which is famous for its burial of a Neanderthal surrounded by flowers — and Franchthi Cave in Greece revealed prehistoric cooking by Neanderthals and early modern humans was complex, involving several steps, and that the foods used were diverse, according to …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Early human ancestors may be a million years older than previously thought: Study

Hindustan Times

The fossils of our earliest ancestors found in South Africa are a million years older than previously thought, meaning they walked the Earth around the same time as their East African relatives like the famous "Lucy", according to new research. Around 2.2 million years ago the Homo habilis -- the earliest species of the Homo genus that includes Homo sapiens …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Did climate contribute to the emergence of modern-day humans? Scientists now have answers

India Today

The story of human evolution on a planet that has just been a few billion years old has always been intriguing and a team of scientists have now found how climate and other planetary conditions influenced their movement on the surface. They used South Korea’s fastest supercomputer named Aleph to simulate Earth’s climate history over the past 2 million years …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Volcanic ash helps decode Ethiopian fossils, sheds light on dawn of human species

India Today

Volcanic ash left over from a huge ancient eruption has helped scientists determine that important early Homo sapiens fossils found in Ethiopia in 1967 are older than previously believed, providing fresh insight into the dawn of our species. Researchers said on Wednesday they used the geochemical fingerprints of a thick layer of ash found above the sediments containing the fossils …

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3 years, 1 month ago

250,000-year-old skull discovered in South Africa is first child found from an ancient human species

Daily Mail

A tiny skull discovered in the remote depths of the Rising Star cave in Johannesburg, South Africa is the first evidence of a Homo naledia child ever found. Remains of adults have been previously found in the Rising Star Cave System, but Leti is the first child to be unearthed, which provides insight into the growth and development of this …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Scientists find fossil of early hominid in South Africa

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — The fossil remains of an early hominid child have been discovered in a cave in South Africa by a team of international and South African researchers. The team announced the discovery of a partial skull and teeth of a Homo naledi child who died almost 250,000 years ago when it was approximately four to six years old. The …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Do you know about these key new discoveries from the old world?

Live Mint

Did you know that the little village of Jwalapuram in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district holds some key revelations about the arrival of early humans in India? Attirampakkam “It has been thought that the Indian Middle Palaeolithic culture developed 90,000-140,000 years ago and was closely tied to the dispersal of modern humans from Africa. Since the 1990s, it has been believed …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Israeli Scientists Discover New Kind of Early Humans 'Nesher Ramla Homo' Dating Back 130,000 Years

News 18

Scientists say they have discovered a new kind of early human after studying pieces of fossilized bone dug up at a site used by a cement plant in central Israel. “The discovery of a new type of Homo is of great scientific importance,” said Israel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv University, one of the leaders of the team that analyzed the …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Explained: Where does 'Dragon Man' fit in human evolution

Hindustan Times

The scientists have hailed the discovery of a new type of early humans, nicknamed the "dragon man". The oldest among these species is Sahelanthropus tchadensis, which according to the museum, existed about 7-6 million years ago somewhere around present day Chad in Africa. The researchers in the UK have said that due to these distinct features, the skull found in …

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3 years, 5 months ago

2 finds in Israel, China shed new light on our origin

Hindustan Times

Bones belonging to a “new type of early human” - previously unknown - have been found in Israel, researchers said on Thursday, claiming to have shed new light on human evolution. In a similar breakthrough on Friday, scientists said a skull that was unearthed in China in 2018 is now known to be representing a newly discovered human species that …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Extinct human species found in Israel could re-write story of our evolution

India Today

Survival of the fittest, the ultimate theory of evolution by Charles Darwin, can once again be seen at the Israeli site of Nesher Ramla, where excavators have recovered a missing piece in the human evolution tale. The bones have a distinctive combination of Neanderthal and early human features setting them apart from the Homo Sapiens who existed during the same …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Africa's oldest human burial site discovered, child laid to rest with pillow 78,000 years ago

India Today

It is a scene that exudes sadness: a child perhaps 2-1/2 or 3 years old buried in a shallow grave under the sheltered overhang of a cave, head resting on a pillow and the upper part of the body carefully wrapped in a shroud. Scientists said on Wednesday they have found the oldest-known human burial in Africa, the continent that …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Human Remains from Bulgarian Cave Reveal 'Surpising' Facts about First Homo Sapiens of Europe

News 18

DNA extracted from remains found in a Bulgarian cave of three people who lived roughly 45,000 years ago is revealing surprises about some of the first Homo sapiens populations to venture into Europe, including extensive interbreeding with Neanderthals and genetic links to present-day East Asians. Scientists said on Wednesday they sequenced the genomes of these three individuals – all males …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Bulgarian cave remains reveal surprises about earliest Homo sapiens in Europe

The Hindu

DNA extracted from remains found in a Bulgarian cave of three people who lived roughly 45,000 years ago is revealing surprises about some of the first Homo sapiens populations to venture into Europe, including extensive interbreeding with Neanderthals and genetic links to present-day East Asians. Scientists said on Wednesday they sequenced the genomes of these three individuals — all males …

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3 years, 8 months ago

New discoveries fundamentally change the picture of human evolution

CNN

CNN — The story of humankind’s origins was thought to have largely unfolded in a cave with a sea view. Jayne Wilkins Some 22 calcite crystals and fragments of ostrich shell – found in the Ga-Mohana Hill North Rockshelter in South Africa and dated to approximately 105,000 years ago – are thought to have been deliberately collected and brought to …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Early humans in China: DNA analysis points to later arrival than previously thought

CNN

CNN — Experts hailed the discovery in 2015 as “stunning” – 47 teeth found in a cave in southern China dated back to 80,0000 to 120,000 years ago, challenging widely accepted ideas about human evolution. Complex family tree Untangling human ancestry is a complicated business, and recent research has indicated the human family tree is much more bushy and less …

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Discovery of two-million-year-old skull in South Africa throws new light on human evolution

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‘A thunderous warning message’: Climate change drove our ancient human ancestors to extinction, study finds

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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Our findings show that despite technological innovations including the use of fire and refined stone tools, the formation of …

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Oldest human DNA helps pinpoint when early humans interbred with Neanderthals

Pinning down the details of how and when Neanderthals and homo sapiens interbred

1.5 million-years-old footprints reveal unknown secret about human species

Smallest adult human arm bone fossil so far discovered points to origins of 'hobbit'

Scientists use pollen data to decode first human migration into Eurasia

Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans

Neanderthals cooked meals with pulses 70,000 years ago

Early human ancestors may be a million years older than previously thought: Study

Did climate contribute to the emergence of modern-day humans? Scientists now have answers

Volcanic ash helps decode Ethiopian fossils, sheds light on dawn of human species

250,000-year-old skull discovered in South Africa is first child found from an ancient human species

Scientists find fossil of early hominid in South Africa

Do you know about these key new discoveries from the old world?

Israeli Scientists Discover New Kind of Early Humans 'Nesher Ramla Homo' Dating Back 130,000 Years

Explained: Where does 'Dragon Man' fit in human evolution

2 finds in Israel, China shed new light on our origin

Extinct human species found in Israel could re-write story of our evolution

Africa's oldest human burial site discovered, child laid to rest with pillow 78,000 years ago

Human Remains from Bulgarian Cave Reveal 'Surpising' Facts about First Homo Sapiens of Europe

Bulgarian cave remains reveal surprises about earliest Homo sapiens in Europe

New discoveries fundamentally change the picture of human evolution

Early humans in China: DNA analysis points to later arrival than previously thought

Discovery of two-million-year-old skull in South Africa throws new light on human evolution

‘A thunderous warning message’: Climate change drove our ancient human ancestors to extinction, study finds