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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A new environmental record for a prehistoric site in Kenya helped researchers figure out how external conditions influenced which of our ancient ancestors lived there, with what way of life.
Until now the search for early evidence of alcohol has fixated on residue analysis.
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The sounds our ancestors made are important because they teach us about spaces and behaviour and rituals of the time.
A fresh look at museum artifacts fills in a gap in the Asian archaeological record and refutes the idea that an advanced technique was imported from the West by early modern humans.
Ochre has many uses. It can be used to shed information on the evolution of the modern mind.
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Curator at the Origins Centre Museum, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Washington
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Professor of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo
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Associate professor, University of Wollongong
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Postgraduate Student in Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong
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PhD Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
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Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Penn State
