Rewriting Human History: 110,000-Year-Old Discovery Suggests Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Worked Together
Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.
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Early Humans May Have Collected Round Stones for Over 1 Million Years
The spheres, made from volcanic basalt and lapilli, were discovered across eight archaeological sites in Melka Kunture, dated ...
Study suggests ancient hominins used unmodified volcanic rock spheres as tools
A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...
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Oldest ever western human face found in Spain
THE ‘Sima del Elefante’ (‘Chasm of the Elephant’) is a chain of underground caves in a limestone outcrop near Atapuerca, a ...
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Homo sapiens Emerged from the Union of Two Mysterious Populations Before Neanderthals and Denisovans 300,000 Years Ago
For decades, the predominant view of human evolution held that Homo sapiens emerged in Africa between 200,000 and 300,000 ...
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15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human
Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...
Scientists' discovery of oldest Homo sapiens fossils in Morocco rewrites human history
The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...
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More than 30 SoCal museums offering free admission Sunday
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's that time of year again! More than 30 museums across Southern California will offer free general admission on Sunday, March 16, for this year's Museums Free-for-All event.
Major archaeology breakthrough as scientists uncover human bones from 1.4m years ago
It marks the first time significant remains older than 1 million years old have been discovered in Western Europe.
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Discovery of partially fossilized face belongs to oldest human ancestor in Western Europe, new study says
The partial skull bears similarities to Homo erectus, but there are also some anatomical differences, said study co-author Rosa Huguet, an archaeologist at the Catalan Institute of Human ...
Archaeologists find million-year-old fossil of a human ancestor
A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found ...
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Archaeologists uncover the oldest known partial face fossil of a human ancestor in western Europe
The find is significant as it shows similarities to Homo erectus, adding crucial information ... a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History, who was not involved in the study.