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Bronze Age Brits turned bones into instruments
9-1-2020 |
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During the Bronze Age, our ancestors would sometimes turn the bones of their relatives into musical instruments.
Cannibal tooth yields oldest ever human DNA
4-7-2020 | 9
Scientists have analyzed genetic material from a tooth of an ancient human ancestor that lived 800,000 years ago.
Meet one of mankind's earliest ancestors
3-26-2020 | 4
Scientists have identified a worm-like creature that thrived on our planet some 555 million years ago.
'Wonderchicken' may be earliest known fowl
3-20-2020 | 4
Scientists have identified the fossil skull of what is thought to be the earliest ancestor of modern chickens.
Early humans interbred with 'ghost population'
2-13-2020 | 17
A new study has revealed that our ancestors mated with a mysterious unknown population of ancient humans.
Homo erectus lived alongside modern humans
12-26-2019 | 10
One of our ancient ancestors held on for so long that it was still around when modern humans arrived on the scene.
Did a supernova prompt us to walk upright ?
5-31-2019 | 8
A new study has linked a 2.6 million-year-old supernova explosion with our ancestors' move to bipedalism.
Fossil footprints hint at giant sloth chase
4-26-2018 | 13
New evidence has been discovered to suggest that our ancestors hunted down giant prehistoric sloths.
Early human hunting linked to drawing ability
2-11-2018 | 4
The way our ancestors hunted prey may have given them a significant advantage over the Neanderthals.
'Little Foot' human ancestor goes on display
12-8-2017 | 5
For the first time ever, South Africa's oldest known hominid skeleton has been unveiled to the public.
Prehistoric whales were ferocious predators
8-30-2017 | 2
The ancestors of today's blue whales were deadly predators with rows of large, razor-sharp teeth.
13 million-year-old human ancestor unearthed
8-10-2017 | 30
Palaeontologists have discovered the skull of what is thought to be mankind's earliest known ancestor.
Scientists find oldest known human ancestor
1-30-2017 | 13
Known as Saccorhytus, this tiny creature is the earliest known step on the evolutionary path of mankind.
Prehistoric human DNA found on cave floor
1-8-2017 | 6
Scientists have found a way to identify the DNA of our ancestors from prehistoric bone dust samples.
Prehistoric footprints unearthed in Tanzania
12-14-2016 | 7
Several sets of footprints left by an ancient human ancestor have been found at the site of a new museum.
Right-handedness found in human ancestor
10-24-2016 | 4
Dominant hand preference appears to date back to a time long before modern humans arrived on the scene.
Did ancient hominin 'Lucy' fall from a tree ?
8-29-2016 | 13
Scientists believe that an early human ancestor discovered 40 years ago died after falling out of a tree.
How did our ancestors consume raw meat ?
3-10-2016 | 34
Raw meat is notoriously difficult to chew, so how did our prehistoric ancestors manage to do it ?
Chimpanzee 'Adam' lived one million years ago
2-28-2016 | 6
Scientists have determined that chimpanzees descended from a common ancestor that predated humans.
Archaic human fossil dates back 14,000 years
12-18-2015 | 14
Scientists have found evidence that a prehistoric species of human was still alive relatively recently.
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