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Humans May Have Had Romantic Rendezvous With Neanderthals 100,000 Years Ago
New DNA evidence suggests that ancient humans got busy with our stocky Neanderthal cousins much earlier than previously thought
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A Chin-Stroking Mystery: Why Are Humans the Only Animals With Chins?
It’s an evolutionary conundrum, and scientists are still divided over the answer
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An Ancient, Brutal Massacre May Be the Earliest Evidence of War
Even nomadic hunter-gatherers engaged in deliberate mass killings 10,000 years ago
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Chauvet Cave Paintings Could Depict a 37,000-Year-Old Volcanic Eruption
Mysterious paintings in the “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” led researchers to new evidence of ancient volcanic activity
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Humans Were in the Arctic 10,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
Distinctive cut marks on a Siberian mammoth represent the first known evidence of human hunters this far north
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Thank Neanderthals for Your Immune System
Genes inherited from our ancient cousins may have helped fight off disease
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The Iceman’s Stomach Bugs Offer Clues to Ancient Human Migration
DNA analysis of the mummy’s pathogens may reveal when and how Ötzi’s people came to the Italian Alps
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A Journey to the Oldest Cave Paintings in the World
The discovery in a remote part of Indonesia has scholars rethinking the origins of art—and of humanity
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Your Hair Mites Are So Loyal Their DNA Reflects Your Ancestry
Mite DNA could hold clues to ancient human migrations and future skin health
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Finally There’s a Scientific Theory for Why Some Words are Funny
The science behind Dr. Seuss
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Does This Carving Depict a Paleolithic Campsite?
A chunk of stone may be marked with one of the oldest drawings of a human campsite
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Europeans Only Started Digesting Dairy 4,000 Years Ago
They can enjoy that cheese thanks to ancient nomadic herders
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Lucy the Australopithecus Turns 41 (Plus 3.2 Million Years)
Lucy gets a Google Doodle for the anniversary of her discovery
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DNA from a Huge Tooth Confirms a New Ancient Cousin
The Denisovans may have co-existed and interbred with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
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Why Do Humans Have Allergies? Parasite Infections May Be the Trigger
Protein analysis suggests that antibodies that evolved to fight parasites might be turning their focus to otherwise harmless agents
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Fossilized Teeth Reveal Humans Were in Asia Long Before Europe
Early humans might have been more inclined to roam than scientists previously thought
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Hunter-Gatherers Sleep Little and Get Up Early
Our ancestors probably didn’t need nine hours of sleep either
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Back to Africa: Ancient Human Genome Reveals Widespread Eurasian Mix
Genes from a 4,500-year-old skeleton from Ethiopia show how migrations shaped modern populations
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The Increasingly Muddled Origins of Homo Naledi
Detailed analyses of Homo naledi shows a mosaic of both early and modern human features
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