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Real-life 'Kermit the Frog' proto-amphibian lived 270 million years ago
3-24-2024 |
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A newly identified ancestor of modern day frogs has been named after Jim Henson's iconic green Muppet.
Scientists discover the reason why humans no longer have long tails
3-3-2024 | 1
It might be hard to imagine, but many millions of years ago, our ancestors had long tails just like monkeys do today.
Our ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa, study claims
9-5-2023 | 43
A controversial new study based on an 8.7-million-year-old skull could serve to rewrite the history books.
Our ancestors almost went extinct around 900,000 years ago
9-4-2023 | 24
A new genetic data analysis has revealed that our ancestors were almost completely wiped out.
Row erupts over intelligence of early small-brained humans
7-23-2023 | 17
Whether or not some of the ancestors of modern humans were as brainy as believed remains a matter of contention.
Researchers recreate the face of the real-life 'Hobbit' of Flores
VIDEO 7-5-2023 | 11
The face of this long-lost human ancestor has been painstakingly recreated from fossil remains using computer software.
Weird creature with no anus was not earliest human ancestor
8-17-2022 | 3
Scientists have determined that this very strange 500 million-year-old creature was not actually related to humans.
Prehistoric 'Swiss Army knife' found across Africa
6-13-2022 | 4
A set of cutting and skinning tools is being hailed as evidence that our ancestors shared knowledge.
Is an ancient human ancestor hiding in Indonesia ?
4-28-2022 | 39
A controversial new book claims that the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis may not have actually gone extinct.
Giant camels lived alongside humans up until 27,000 years ago
3-25-2022 | 0
New research has indicated that our ancestors lived alongside these gargantuan mammals until relatively recently.
Modern humans may have lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than thought
2-16-2022 | 9
Researchers have found compelling evidence of our ancestors in Europe.
Human-like footprints could be over 6 million years old
10-22-2021 | 3
Tracks left by an ancient human ancestor in what is now Crete could be much older than previously believed.
Human ancestor facial reconstructions revealed
3-5-2021 | 5
Scientists have painstakingly recreated the faces of two of our earliest ancestors dating back millions of years.
Skull of human ancestor found in South Africa
11-10-2020 | 3
Dating back 2 million years, the skull belonged to an early human cousin called Paranthropus robustus.
Were modern humans and Neanderthals at war ?
11-3-2020 | 5
War and conflict may have been an intrinsic part of the lives of our ancestors for over 100,000 years.
New species of prehistoric fossil ape unearthed
9-10-2020 | 8
Palaeontologists have discovered what is thought to be the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon.
Bronze Age Brits turned bones into instruments
9-1-2020 | 6
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.
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