Recent evidence from several studies in paleoanthropology has upended these assumptions by suggesting the way we eat can actually alter jaw anatomy. the consequences for … Agriculture May Have Shaped Both Human Jaws and LanguageRead more
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Drier, less predictable environment may have spurred human evolution
A progressively drying climate punctuated by variable wetter episodes may have precipitated the transition from our hominin ancestors to anatomically modern humans, according to research … Drier, less predictable environment may have spurred human evolutionRead more
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Moroccan Fossils Show Human Ancestors’ Diet of Game
https://www.ucdavis.edu/sites/default/files/styles/panopoly_image_full/public/images/article/ird-1873_crop.jpg?itok=1llarg8I Jaw bone of a gazelle from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco. The site contains the oldest-known skeletons of modern humans. UC Davis anthropologist Teresa Steele studied … Moroccan Fossils Show Human Ancestors’ Diet of GameRead more
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Hot start, followed by cold shock
The fossil record reveals that almost all of the animal phyla known today had come into existence by the beginning of the Cambrian Period some … Hot start, followed by cold shockRead more
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3.3 million-year-old fossil reveals origins of the human spine
Analysis of a 3.3 million-year-old fossil skeleton reveals the most complete spinal column of any early human relative, including vertebrae, neck and rib cage. The … 3.3 million-year-old fossil reveals origins of the human spineRead more
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Changes in Early Stone Age tool production have ‘musical’ ties
New research suggests that advances in the production of Early Stone Age tools had less to do with the evolution of language and more to … Changes in Early Stone Age tool production have ‘musical’ tiesRead more
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Small-brained early human lived more recently than expected
An early human species with a curious mix of archaic and modern features lived in South Africa just a few hundred thousand years ago, researchers … Small-brained early human lived more recently than expectedRead more
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Near to the common ancestor
A recent article published in the scientific journal PLOS One, “Potential hominin affinities of Graecopithecus from the Late Miocene of Europe”, presents the provocative hypothesis … Near to the common ancestorRead more
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Oldest Homo sapiens fossil claim rewrites our species’ history
Researchers say that they have found the oldest Homo sapiens remains on record in an improbable place: Morocco. At an archaeological site near the Atlantic … Oldest Homo sapiens fossil claim rewrites our species’ historyRead more