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The field of Science has much to contribute to our understanding of human origins. There is a growing body of scientists who point to ever more reasons for doubting the standard evolutionary story and who provide cause to look in new directions.

Artistic illustration of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens skulls.

Princeton Study Maps 200,000 years of Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to AI-powered genetic research, scientists have revealed a far more entangled...
Excavation of the tools at the Gantangqing site.

Rare 300,000-year-old Wooden Tools Found in China

Bo Li et al/ The Conversation Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old , new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations...
Left, A giant sloth reproduction. Right; The 33,000-year-old calcaneus (heel bone) of Lestodon armatus

Ancient Sloth Bone May Rewrite Human Arrival in South America

A new discovery in Uruguay has possibly pushed the earliest evidence for human presence in South America back by thousands of years. Scientists studying a 33,000-year-old heel bone from a giant...
Left, Final facial depiction of the Nuwayrat individual. Right; The Nuwayrat individual’s partially complete skeleton

First Ancient Egyptian Genome Reveals Shock Mesopotamian Ancestry!

In a breakthrough that redefines our understanding of early Egyptian population history, scientists have sequenced the first complete ancient genome from Egypt, revealing that a man buried over 4,500...
Investigators excavation the Neumark-Nord 2/2B site.

Neanderthal "Fat Factories" Reveal Smart Calorie Strategies 125,000 Years Ago

In a discovery that reshapes our understanding of Neanderthal intelligence and survival strategies, researchers have unearthed the earliest known evidence of large-scale bone grease rendering-a...
Reconstruction of the Belgian woman who lived in the Meuse Valley around 10,500 years ago

10,500-Year-Old Mesolithic Woman Reconstructed with Striking Realism

In the shadowed depths of Margaux Cave in Belgium's Meuse Valley, archaeologists in the late 1980s uncovered the scattered remains of at least nine women who had lived during the Mesolithic period,...
Aerial photograph of the Oued Beht ridge and river, highlighted in color.

Prize-Winning Research Revealed Unknown Neolithic Society in Morocco

In a groundbreaking discovery that reshapes our understanding of Mediterranean prehistory, archaeologists uncovered the earliest and largest known agricultural complex in Africa outside the Nile...
Aerial view of Laka Chala, bordering Kenya and Tanzania.

Magnetic Shifts and Human Migrations Traced in Lake Chala, 150,000 Years Old

Deep in the green border of Kenya and Tanzania is a volcanic crater lake that quietly keeps an ancient geophysical journal. For thousands of years, Lake Chala has lain in a volcanic caldera, its calm...
Map of early human migration, showing the migratory patterns of our ancient ancestors.

Genome Study Shows Early Asians Traveled Over 20,000 km to South America

An international genomics study led by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) at the Singapore Center for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and...
Reconstruction of a late Maastrichtian (~66 million years ago) palaeoenvironment in North America, where a floodplain is roamed by dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, Edmontosaurus annectens and Triceratops prorsus.

Dinosaurs Were Thriving Before Asteroid Strike of 66 Million Years Ago

The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be explained by a worsening fossil record from that time rather than a genuine...
The Great Sphinx of Egypt, one of the world’s most famous monuments, which was first excavated around 1,400 BC by Thutmose IV.

Ancient Archaeologists: How Early Civilizations Preserved Their Past

Archaeology, the study of human history through the excavation and analysis of artifacts, structures, and other material remains, offers a window into the lives of ancient civilizations. While...
An artist’s rendering shows how Ahvaytum bahndooiveche may have appeared in a habitat dating to around 230 million years ago.

New Dinosaur Species Discovered, Oldest Found in North America (230 Million BC)

How and when did dinosaurs first emerge and spread across the planet more than 200 million years ago? That question has for decades been a source of debate among paleontologists faced with fragmented...
Australopithecus afarensis model reconstruction at the Natural History Museum, Vienna, Right; Reconstructing locomotor anatomy

Lucy, Our Famed Ancestor, Was a Poor, Inefficient Runner

The famous 3.2 million-year-old relative found in Ethiopia in the 1970s, Lucy, has been the subject of a new study that has shown that our early ancestor could run upright, but not very fast – a mere...
New organization of hominin fossils from eastern Asia after discovery of new species.

Fossils Found in China Come from a Huge Human Ancestor, Scientists Say

A pair of scientists who study hominin fossils and human evolution in China and East Asia claim to have discovered a new human ancestor that appeared during the Late Quaternary or Middle Pleistocene...
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Podcast: History Fuzz: Episode 07: Professor Brian S. Bauer: Island of the Sun and the Inca ceque system

In this episode, Dr. Brian S. Bauer, a Full Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, takes us on a journey through his archaeological investigations of...
Skull and dentition of a young individual of early Homo from Dmanisi

Rate of Human Development First Slowed Down 1.77 million Years Ago

The pace of human physical development is slower than that of other primates, meaning that it takes us longer to move from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Scientists have long believed...
Hongshan culture

Researchers Recreate Face of 5,000-Year-Old Man from Hongshan Culture

Chinese researchers have digitally recreated the facial contours and features of a man from the Hongshan culture, during the Neolithic period, roughly 5,000-years-old. Using advanced 3D technology,...
Piece of Denisovan jawbone with two attached molars, recovered from Baishiya Karst Cave on Tibetan Plateau.

Study Shows Mysterious Denisovans Interbred with Humans Multiple Times

The mysterious Denisovans, perhaps the most elusive of all the archaic hominin species, emerged following their divergence from Neanderthals approximately 400,000 years ago. Like Neanderthals, these...
A Medieval Doctor examining a bottle filled with a liquid

What Could Your Urine Tell a Medieval Doctor?

In modern medicine, urine samples are routinely examined in laboratories to obtain clinical information about a patient. This procedure, known as urinalysis, developed from an ancient medical process...
Grooming in Apes Led to Kissing in Humans, Evolutionary Scientist Says

Grooming in Apes Led to Kissing in Humans, Evolutionary Scientist Says

Kissing has been a popular practice in human society for an eternity. But its evolutionary roots are somewhat of a mystery, given the fact that it is a pleasant activity that would seem to offer no...
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OurWorlds, Immersive Reality, and the Future of Native Histories

In a remarkable fusion of software technologies and human imagination, we are now able to experience disparate worlds simultaneously. Seamlessly intertwined, the past meets the present and cultures...
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Podcast: History Fuzz: Episode 05: Dr. Robert Barratt. Mathematics, coding and the Neolithic alignments of Malta and Ireland

In this engaging podcast episode, Dr. Robert Barratt, a research scientist at Queen’s University in Belfast, discusses his innovative application of computer code to investigate the astronomical...
Artist’s impression of a meteor strike.

Huge Meteor Impact 3 Billion Years Ago May Have Spurred Evolution

Billions of years ago Earth was bombarded with meteorites of all sizes and shapes. Approximately 3.26 years ago, the biggest of these, which is known as S2, hit the planet in an area of what is now...
Indian scientists survey Palaeoloxodon (elephant) fossil and stone tools excavated nearby.

Elephant Fossils Show Evidence of Ancient Animal Butchery in India

A new study by an international team of scientists has found evidence that ancient elephant fossils recovered in the Kashmir Valley of South Asia were butchered by archaic human ancestors. This would...

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