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Archaeologists speculate the first soup might have been made by Neanderthals.
The analysis could help us understand behavioural differences between the two groups of humans.
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.
This whirlwind tour of social history describes how infectious diseases have shaped humanity at every stage. It suggests reducing inequality will give us our best chance of surviving future plagues.
In 2022 we detailed the discovery of 1,500 stone points in France’s Madrin cave. Experiments now show that they could were used as arrowheads, pushing back evidence of archery in Eurasia by 40,000 years.
It makes sense that a world of individuals used art to explore identity.
Hate winter? The answer may lie in our evolutionary history.
The way human brains develop is special – but not quite as special as you’d like to think, if we consider Neanderthals as well.
Neanderthals living in Italy swam confidently and In early Egyptian, Greek and Roman images people are shown swimming overarm. But today, only one in four people in low income countries can swim.
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.
The first Neanderthal footprints from the Iberian Peninsula discovered last year may have belonged to other members of the genus ‘Homo’.
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.
Ancient DNA from Neanderthal fossils in southern Siberia reveals a small community with close family ties – including a father and his teenage daughter.
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.
Thousands of ancient genomes have been sequenced to date. A Nobel Prize highlights tremendous opportunities for aDNA, as well as challenges related to rapid growth, equity and misinformation.
The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for 2022 has been awarded to Svante Pääbo, whose discoveries have been pivotal to the way we understand our evolutionary history.
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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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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Senior Research Associate in Translational Genomics, University of Oxford
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Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University
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Associate Professor, Southern Cross University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Humanities, University of New England
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ARC Laureate Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
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Archéologue, penseur et chercheur au CNRS, Université de Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier
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Professor, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer of Anthropology and Assistant Director of the Turkana Basin Institute, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Archaeological Theory and Method, University of Liverpool
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Professor of the Archaeology of Human Origins, University of York
