Archaeological data alone can’t always help to answer researchers’ questions: multiple lines of evidence are needed.
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Scientists had figured a fossil found in Spain more than a century ago was from a Neandertal. But a new analysis suggests it could be from a lost lineage of our species, Homo sapiens.
A new study doubles the age of ancient DNA in sub-Saharan Africa, revealing how people moved, mingled and had children together over the last 50,000 years.
Combining evidence from archaeology, geochronology and paleoenvironmental science, researchers identified how ancient humans by Lake Malawi were the first to substantially modify their environment.
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
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Professor of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo
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