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A new discovery adds to our existing understanding of Homo sapiens in Africa.
Ancient indigenous people often collected fossil shells, teeth and bones that have provided critical clues about human origins.
Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest cheese, and it reveals how our ancestor's cooking methods helped the human diet adapt.
New tools add to an emerging view of the past as a turbulent “Game of Thrones” style scenario, with distinct early human ancestors living in Eurasia before Homo sapiens arrived.
Top contributors
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ARC Future Fellow, University of Adelaide
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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
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Postdoc in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University
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ARC DECRA Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Archaeology, University of York
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Chief Scientist of PAST, the Palaeontogical Scientific Trust, University of the Witwatersrand
