Category: Evolution & Human Origins
Earliest Human Remains Unearthed On Sulawesi, Indonesia
Archaeologists searching for skeletal remains of ancient Homo sapiens on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have achieved their goal. In Leang Bulu Bet [...]
Moroccan Cave Find Shows Ancient Humans Made Clothes 120,000 Years Ago
Researchers have announced the discovery of bone tools in a cave in Morocco that appear to have been used to carefully remove skins and fur from the b [...]
Neanderthals Passed Human Papillomavirus to Homo Sapiens in Eurasia
It is well-known that modern humans interbred with Neanderthals during the time they co-existed in Europe and Asia. A 2018 study revealed an interesti [...]
Is this the Face of Krijn, the First Neanderthal of The Netherlands?
The first-ever Neanderthal found in The Netherlands, who scientists call Krijn, has now been brought more fully to life . A pair of “paleo-artists” wh [...]
Decades Of Incorrect ‘Stride’ Assumptions Have Been Debunked
For many years evolutionary scientists have taught that early humans evolved ‘longer’ strides than other primates. It turns out this was a highly-inac [...]
Arabian Peninsula Was a Hotbed of Hominin Cultures 400,000 Years Ago
Three things that we’ve heard before ad nauseam – climate change, human migration, and Africa being the cradle of modern humans. Combining all of the [...]
Archaic Hominin Made Elephant Bone Tools 400,000 Years Ago, Study Finds
Archaeologists examining artifacts collected from a site in Italy found that an archaic hominin species had made elephant bone tools, including pointe [...]
Ancient DNA Sample From Indonesia Is From An Extinct Human Lineage
Genetic researchers have confirmed what archaeologists had previously suspected. A 7,200-year-old fossilized skeleton found in a cave on the Indonesia [...]
New Research Shows Philippine Indigenous Group Has Most Denisovan DNA
A small indigenous group surviving on the Bataan Peninsula on the Philippine island of Luzon has more Denisovan DNA than any other ethnic population [...]
Neanderthal Extinction Tied to Disorder Caused by Mating with Humans
There has been much speculation about Neanderthal extinction and why they disappeared 40,000 years ago. The latest research suggests they lived side-b [...]