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Neanderthal Blood Protein Incompatibilities May Have Contributed to Extinction
Research indicates that genetic differences in Neanderthal blood proteins may have played a role in their extinction. Scientists discovered that Neanderthals had a rare RhD blood type, which was incompatible with the blood types of Denisovans and Homo sapiens. This incompatibility could have led to hemolytic disease in mixed-species offspring, resu...
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New Child Fossil Teeth Reveal Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood
Research on fossil teeth from a 1.77-million-year-old early Homo specimen challenges the "big brain, long childhood" hypothesis. The study suggests that the extended childhood seen in humans may have evolved as a result of cultural transmission, not just brain growth. By analysing dental growth patterns, scientists show that Homo’s development wa...
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Rift Valley Research Suggests It May Not Be the Exclusive Cradle of Humankind
The East African Rift System has long been celebrated as the cradle of humankind, where some of the earliest known hominid fossils have been unearthed. However, recent research suggests that this narrative may be too narrow, as it focuses on a limited geographical area that covers less than one percent of the African continent.
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Earth A Lot Like It Was 115,000 Years Ago, But What Can We Learn From It?
Some 115,000 years ago, homo sapiens were still living in bands of hunter gatherers, largely confined to Africa. And though these various hominids didn't know it, the Earth was coming to the end of a major warm period.
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New Link in Humans, Apes Evolution Found
Researchers have identified a new species of small ape that existed before the evolutionary split of humans/great apes (hominids) and gibbons (the 'lesser apes' or hylobatids).
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Barack Obama Meets Lucy, an Ancient 'Ancestor,' in Ethiopia
Barack Obama came to Africa partially to connect with the continent of his forefathers.
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South African scientists find most complete pre-human skeleton
South African scientists today claimed to have uncovered the most complete skeleton yet of an ancient relative of man, hidden in a rock excavated from an archaeological site three years ago. The remains of a juvenile hominid skeleton, of the newly identified Australopithecus (southern ape) sediba species, are the "most complete early human ancestor...
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Evolution: Before 'Lucy', there was 'Ardi'
Scientists learn more about "Ardi," a hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia.
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Neanderthal Blood Protein Incompatibilities May Have Contributed to Extinction
Research indicates that genetic differences in Neanderthal blood proteins may have played a role in their extinction. Scientists discovered that Neanderthals had a rare RhD blood type, which was incompatible with the blood types of Denisovans and Homo sapiens. This incompatibility could have led to hemolytic disease in mixed-species offspring, resu...
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New Child Fossil Teeth Reveal Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood
Research on fossil teeth from a 1.77-million-year-old early Homo specimen challenges the "big brain, long childhood" hypothesis. The study suggests that the extended childhood seen in humans may have evolved as a result of cultural transmission, not just brain growth. By analysing dental growth patterns, scientists show that Homo’s development wa...
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Rift Valley Research Suggests It May Not Be the Exclusive Cradle of Humankind
The East African Rift System has long been celebrated as the cradle of humankind, where some of the earliest known hominid fossils have been unearthed. However, recent research suggests that this narrative may be too narrow, as it focuses on a limited geographical area that covers less than one percent of the African continent.
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Earth A Lot Like It Was 115,000 Years Ago, But What Can We Learn From It?
Some 115,000 years ago, homo sapiens were still living in bands of hunter gatherers, largely confined to Africa. And though these various hominids didn't know it, the Earth was coming to the end of a major warm period.
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New Link in Humans, Apes Evolution Found
Researchers have identified a new species of small ape that existed before the evolutionary split of humans/great apes (hominids) and gibbons (the 'lesser apes' or hylobatids).
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Barack Obama Meets Lucy, an Ancient 'Ancestor,' in Ethiopia
Barack Obama came to Africa partially to connect with the continent of his forefathers.
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South African scientists find most complete pre-human skeleton
South African scientists today claimed to have uncovered the most complete skeleton yet of an ancient relative of man, hidden in a rock excavated from an archaeological site three years ago. The remains of a juvenile hominid skeleton, of the newly identified Australopithecus (southern ape) sediba species, are the "most complete early human ancestor...
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Evolution: Before 'Lucy', there was 'Ardi'
Scientists learn more about "Ardi," a hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia.
