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18 Sep 2020

Oldest human footprints found in dunes of northern Saudi Arabia

A team of scientists surveying the region almost ignored them in 2017, but upon further examination, they realized that the depressions were left by an array of ancient animals, and among them were traces of Homo sapiens The Arabian Peninsula has vast and arid deserts that did not provide a favourable environment to early people and animals The studies conducted in the last 10 years have shown that this was not always the scenario, and the place was much greener and humid

29 Sep 2017

Do you know how many years ago did homo sapiens emerge?

Swedish and South African scientists managed to identify the genetic sequence of the remains of three hunter-gatherer individuals who lived between 2,300 and 1,800 years ago and four peasants who lived between 500 and 300 years ago

Human evolution

10 Aug 2017

Humans arrived in Southeast Asia 20,000 years earlier: Study

The dating of a cave site in West Sumatra in Indonesia, called Lida Ajer, provided researchers the first evidence for rainforest use of modern humans.

Human evolution

10 Aug 2017

Humans arrived in Southeast Asia 20,000 years earlier: Study

The dating of a cave site in West Sumatra in Indonesia, called Lida Ajer, provided researchers the first evidence for rainforest use of modern humans.

06 Aug 2017

Competition over mammoth meat may have wiped out Neanderthals

The first representatives of Homo sapiens colonised Europe around 43,000 years ago, replacing the Neanderthals there approximately 3,000 years later.

Human species fossil

08 Jun 2017

Discovered - Oldest known human species' fossils found in Morocco

The institute said the remains of the Homo sapiens, which were found in a remote village called Jbel Irhoud, Morocco, date back to over 300,000 years ago, Xinhua reported.

09 May 2017

Homo naledi likely lived alongside modern humans: Study

A new research has revealed that the mysterious and newly discovered human species named Homo naledi, which was first announced just two years ago, likely lived alongside Homo sapiens or modern humans.

Human evolution

01 Mar 2017

From primitive ancestor to modern Homo sapiens: Seaweed is the secret to our evolution?

Seaweed – large marine algae, or macroalgae – is also rich in vitamin B12, iodine and poly-unsaturated fatty-acids which are essential for brain development.

11 Apr 2016

Neanderthals may have diseases carried out of Africa

There is evidence that our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals and exchanged genes associated with disease.

30 Mar 2016

High-protein diet to blame for Neanderthals' extinction?

The extinction of Neanderthals took place at the same time as the beginning of the demise of giant animals or "Megafauna" in Europe, the researchers pointed out.

30 Mar 2016

Here`s how diet helped us evolve

A new study has revealed how diet helped shape our evolution.

15 Feb 2016

Mystery `hobbits` not humans like us: Study

Diminutive humans that died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study published Monday that dives into a fierce anthropological debate.

Human ancestors

18 Dec 2015

Last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals revealed in 3D

The virtual 3D ancestral skull bears early hallmarks of both species.

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