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We can trace our human evolutionary lineage back to fish.
Using a new equation based on today’s primates, scientists can take a few molar teeth from an extinct fossil species and reconstruct exactly how fast their offspring grew during gestation.
Hate winter? The answer may lie in our evolutionary history.
The first speech sounds were uttered about 70,000 years ago and not hundreds of thousands of years ago as is sometimes claimed.
Humanity carries traces of other populations in our DNA – and a new study shows how one of these ancestors has influenced the immune systems of modern Papuans.
New study shows Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had a taste for sharp and bitter food.
Neanderthals were wiped out by chance changes in the environment. The rise of Homo sapiens wasn’t inevitable.
Only insects populations can compare to rising human numbers.
Zinc in their bones reveal that these early humans were top of the food chain.
Here’s what we can learn from our closest extinct relatives.
The Earth has had at least five major ice ages, and humans showed up in time for the most recent one. In fact, we’re still in it.
Ukrainian families’ anguish at not being able to bury their loved ones underscores a deep human need, an anthropologist writes.
We’ll probably be less aggressive and more agreeable, but have smaller brains – a bit like a Golden Retriever, we’ll be friendly, but maybe not that interesting or bright.
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.
Human tracks registered in aeolianites - cemented dune surfaces - are rare at a global level.
What looks like a bright, sharp dividing line between humans and other animals is really an artefact of extinction.
A new analysis of a ‘lost’ skull rewrites the recent family tree of the human species, showing our closest relatives lived in China.
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.
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
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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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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Associate in Translational Genomics, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University
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Researcher, Centre for Archeological Science, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Forensic Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Evolutionary Studies, Professor of African Prehistory, University of Bergen
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Principal Investigator, SapienCE - Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour, University of Bergen
