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Ancient human cranium unearthed in Portugal
Mar 14, 2017The 400,000-year-old fossil cranium has been hailed as the oldest discovery of its kind in the country.
Scientists find oldest known human ancestor
Jan 30, 2017Known as Saccorhytus, this tiny creature is the earliest known step on the evolutionary path of mankind.
Prehistoric human DNA found on cave floor
Jan 8, 2017Scientists have found a way to identify the DNA of our ancestors from prehistoric bone dust samples.
Prehistoric footprints unearthed in Tanzania
Dec 14, 2016Several 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
Oct 24, 2016Dominant hand preference appears to date back to a time long before modern humans arrived on the scene.
Cancer evidence dates back 1.7 million years
VIDEO Sep 19, 2016Scientists have found signs of bone cancer in the fossil remains of an early South African hominin.
Did ancient hominin 'Lucy' fall from a tree ?
Aug 29, 2016Scientists believe that an early human ancestor discovered 40 years ago died after falling out of a tree.
World's oldest needle unearthed in Siberia
Aug 23, 2016A 50,000-year-old sewing needle made from bone has been discovered during a dig at a cave in Siberia.
Tyrannosaurus rex 'missing link' revealed
Mar 15, 2016Paleontologists have identified a new species of dinosaur from a missing period in T. rex evolution.
How did our ancestors consume raw meat ?
Mar 10, 2016Raw meat is notoriously difficult to chew, so how did our prehistoric ancestors manage to do it ?
Chimpanzee 'Adam' lived one million years ago
Feb 28, 2016Scientists have determined that chimpanzees descended from a common ancestor that predated humans.
Archaic human fossil dates back 14,000 years
Dec 18, 2015Scientists have found evidence that a prehistoric species of human was still alive relatively recently.
Early humans didn't get enough sleep either
Oct 17, 2015Our tendency to not get enough sleep at night is seemingly not an exclusively modern phenomenon.
Fossil flea carries ancient plague bacteria
Sep 30, 2015A 20 million-year-old flea trapped in amber is thought to be carrying the ancestor of Black Death.
Our ancestors heard the world differently
Sep 26, 2015Scientists have determined that early humans had very different hearing abilities than we do today.
Palaeontologists unveil new human ancestor
VIDEO Sep 10, 2015A treasure trove of bones has been found inside a hidden chamber within a cave near Johannesburg.
'Winged dragon' velociraptor fossil unearthed
Jul 17, 2015Scientists have discovered an ancestor of the velociraptor with distinctly bird-like traits.
New human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia
May 30, 2015Anthropologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a human ancestor dating back 3.2 million years.
Human skin found on 2-million-year-old fossil
May 10, 2015Anthropologists believe that they have identified the oldest samples of human skin ever discovered.
A fear of spiders may be part of our DNA
Apr 6, 2015Arachnophobia could be an evolutionary response based on the danger that spiders posed to our ancestors.
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