Ancient DNA helps reveal the tangled branches of the human family tree. Not only did our ancestors live alongside other human species, they mated with them, too.
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The 140,000-year-old skull fossils are leading to more questions than answers. Also found was the oldest intact campfire ever found in the open air.
Our research has also uncovered major long-term changes in ancient animal populations at Denisova Cave, and has provided the first direct evidence of Homo sapiens having lived there.
300,000 years ago, there were lots of different species of human. Now it’s only us – and we’re probably the reason why.
Humans butchered a rhino in a remote part of the Philippines 700,000 years ago, but who were they and how did they get there?
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
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Professor, University of Wollongong
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Professor, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Life Sciences at the University of Bath, University of Bath
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
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PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Group Leader, Advanced DNA Sequencing Techniques Group, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Professor at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
