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Evolution & Human Origins

We bring you all the latest news and discoveries relating to human origins and evolution. The more fossils that are unearthed, the more researchers admit that there is much that is still unknown about the evolution of humans.

Neanderthals cohabited with modern humans in the Negev desert. Source: Kovalenko I / Adobe Stock
16 June, 2021 - 14:54 Nathan Falde

Humans and Neanderthals Met and Mated 50,000 Years Ago in Negev Desert

A recent re-examination of artifacts collected from Israel’s central Negev desert has revealed important details about the development of human culture in the region, according to a new study...
Discovery of Genetic Mutation Separating Humans and Neanderthals
26 May, 2021 - 01:22 Nathan Falde

Discovery of Genetic Mutation That Separates Humans and Neanderthals

An international team of scientists representing Russia, Germany, and the United States have found a unique mechanism at work in the DNA of human beings that helped shape our species’ evolution, the...
Genetic Study of Romanian Skull Upends Previous Theories of Evolution
25 May, 2021 - 00:55 Nathan Falde

Genetic Study of Romanian Skull Upends Previous Theories of Evolution

A team of researchers led by the Swedish Uppsala University geneticist Mattias Jakobsson have fully sequenced the genome of a woman who lived in Europe at least 35,000 years ago. Her DNA was...
Neanderthal Brains Grew Larger With Greater Carbohydrate Consumption
13 May, 2021 - 18:55 Sahir

Neanderthal Brains Grew Larger With Greater Carbohydrate Consumption

Roughly a million years ago, Neanderthal brains doubled in size in about 200,000 years, which is a paltry number in evolutionary terms. For long, brain evolution has been credited to the increasingly...
Study of Fossil Apes Sheds New Light on the Human Origins Mystery
11 May, 2021 - 14:54 Sahir

Study of Fossil Apes Sheds New Light on the Human Origins Mystery

In an exciting new review titled “ Fossil apes and human evolution ” for the reputed ScienceMag journal, the major discoveries in fossil apes and human lineage are re-examined since Darwin’s claims...
Neanderthals Found Near Rome In A Cave, “Hunted” and Eaten By Hyenas
10 May, 2021 - 19:00 ashley cowie

Neanderthals Found Near Rome In A Cave, “Hunted” and Eaten By Hyenas

The ancient remains of nine Neanderthals found near Rome have been discovered in a cave. Italian archaeologistsspeculating as to how the Neanderthals found near Rome died, discovered tell-tale...
Our human ancestors, who lived in Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa, were likely Homo habilis.
26 April, 2021 - 23:00 Nathan Falde

Breakthrough Research Reveals Wonderwerk Cave Is the World’s Oldest Home

In the Kalahari Desert of South Africa, has produced a cornucopia of wonders for archaeologists searching for the truth about human origins. Cave art, stone tools, burned bones, soil, and ash, and a...
Reconstruction of the Homo erectus Turkana Boy from the Nariokotome, Kenya site, exhibited in the Neanderthal Museum in Erkrath, Germany.
26 April, 2021 - 18:56 Nathan Falde

Large Cache of Stone Tools Used by Homo Erectus Unearthed in Sudan

Polish archaeologists exploring an ancient gold mine in Sudan in the eastern Sahara Desert struck an entirely different kind of “gold.” Acting on a rumor, they found hundreds of stone tools that were...
Upcoming UFO Report and its Implications for Human Origins Theory
26 April, 2021 - 14:38 Mark A. Carpenter

Upcoming UFO Report and its Implications for Human Origins Theory

Last year, the United States signed into law 5,500 pages of legislation, most of which dealt with economic stimulus. But it dealt with something else too – UFOs! The revelations have explosive...
Homo Sapiens Creativity Genes: Our Ancient Secret Survival Weapon
22 April, 2021 - 02:04 Prisha Aug

Homo Sapiens Creativity Genes: Our Ancient Secret Survival Weapon

The study of the evolution of genetic networks of Homo sapiens creativity have unravelled the mystery behind the survival of the human race, and helped researchers identify the reason behind the...
10,000-years-ago Irish Hunter-Gatherers Were Dark-Skinned
21 April, 2021 - 19:00 Sahir

10,000-years-ago Irish Hunter-Gatherers Were Dark-Skinned

RTÉ, Ireland’s National Television and Radio Broadcaster, recently brought to our screens filmmaker Katrina Costello’s bold and groundbreaking two-part documentary – The Burren: Heart of Stone ...
Humanity’s First Ancestor is 2 Million Years Old, Skull Fragment Reveals
18 April, 2021 - 22:54 Sahir

Humanity’s First Ancestor is 2 Million Years Old, Skull Fragment Reveals

The story of human evolution is a contested one. A basic narrative with certain elements of truth exists in the popular realm which is that the earliest human beings evolved from apes. That stage of...
The genome sequencing of Denisovans DNA shows evidence of autism. Source: kentoh / Adobe Stock.
12 April, 2021 - 15:04 Andrew Collins

Did Autism Make the Denisovans Savants of the Prehistoric Age?

A genetic study hints strongly that the Denisovans , who roamed the earth down to the end of the last ice age, possessed autistic skills, which were then passed on to their modern-human descendants...
It Really Was a Planet of the Apes Two Million Years Ago
10 April, 2021 - 18:38 ashley cowie

It Really Was a Planet of the Apes Two Million Years Ago

New genetic research shows early humans’ brains were “much more ape-like” than what is measured in modern humans. What this means is that the first waves of human ancestors to migrate out of Africa...
Paracas National Reserve, Peru
1 April, 2021 - 01:41 Nathan Falde

Research Reveals New Link In Australasian and South American Ancestry

A new DNA study has confirmed that indigenous people living in multiple locations in South America are distantly related to the people of Australasia, an umbrella term that includes indigenous...
Changes in Human Hunting Practices May Explain Human Brain Development
2 March, 2021 - 23:18 Nathan Falde

Changes in Human Hunting Practices May Explain Human Brain Development

Two researchers from the archaeological department at Israel’s Tel Aviv University have come up with an all-inclusive theory to explain the physiological and historical development of human brain...
Evidence for a Great Evolutionary Leap Finally Found?
28 February, 2021 - 00:50 ashley cowie

Evidence for a Great Evolutionary Leap Finally Found?

Humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas all move similarly, and they share common anatomies. However, until now, it’s remained unknown how exactly humans were related to these other primates. That mystery...
A new study suggests three key phases in human ancestry for scientists to focus future research
13 February, 2021 - 17:50 Alicia McDermott

Modern Human Ancestry Won’t Be Traced to a Single Point

While we may be attracted by the headlines of “Oldest Human Fossil Discovered” and “New Human Ancestor Found”, the idea that we’re on the route to unearthing an actual, single point in time and space...
Researchers used 3D modeling software to reconstruct ancient hands and then added the critical human thumb muscle to the model.
29 January, 2021 - 18:01 ashley cowie

The Human Thumb Just Got 500,000 Years Older

Researchers studying the fossilized hands of 2-million-year-old hominins have concluded that human thumbs back then had the same movement ranges as our thumbs have today. It was the “dexterity” in...
New Evidence Suggests Early Humans HIBERNATED In Caves, Like Bears
21 December, 2020 - 17:56 Nathan Falde

New Evidence Suggests Early Humans HIBERNATED In Caves, Like Bears

Did Stone Age Neanderthals wait out the coldest days of winter snuggled up safely beneath furs deep inside caves, in a state of suspended animation for months while the winds raged, and the snow...
Monkeys Genetically Engineered with Human Brains!
22 November, 2020 - 22:02 ashley cowie

Monkeys Genetically Engineered with Human Brains!

A human gene injected into monkey brains not only made them larger, but it increased neuron function, making the animals more human. Marmoset brains are much smaller and smoother than human brains...
The newly discovered Paranthropus skull. Source: Jesse Martin and David Strait
11 November, 2020 - 03:19 Alicia McDermott

Paranthropus Skull Find Suggests Distant Human Cousins Evolved Quickly

Researchers have long believed that the distant human ancestor species called Paranthropus robustus were somewhat like modern gorillas, orangutans, and baboons because they thought the males of this...
Study Unravels the Mysterious Origins of Nomadic Mongolian Empires
7 November, 2020 - 04:19 Alicia McDermott

Study Unravels the Mysterious Origins of Nomadic Mongolian Empires

The Xiongnu, the first nomadic empire in Asia, left no known written records to explain their origins, making this an intriguing ancient genetic mystery. But a new study has cast light on how the...
Just Like Us, Neanderthal Babies Ate Solid Food at 6 Months Old
4 November, 2020 - 14:15 ashley cowie

Just Like Us, Neanderthal Babies Ate Solid Food at 6 Months Old

A new study proves that just like modern humans, Neanderthal babies were also weaned at six months old. This fascinating new discovery comes after a team of researchers studied three Neanderthal milk...

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