Human Ancestors

Scientists reconstructed the face of an early human ancestor from Jebel Irhoud bones found in Morocco, offering a glimpse into a figure who lived 300,000 years ago.

He claimed that sin was the cause of mutations in genetic diseases harming modern man.

New research suggests that individuals who are naturally early risers may have inherited genetic variants from Neanderthals.

The study says that early mammals evolved before a massive asteroid hit the planet 66 million years ago and therefore lived briefly with dinosaurs.

A fossilized leg bone bearing cut marks made by stone tools might be the earliest evidence that ancient humans butchered and ate each other's flesh

The ancestor named 'Lucy' was shorter than modern-day humans - about 3.3 feet in height - and had an ape-like face.

Archaeologists believe that our earliest ancestors most likely travelled coastlines and islands through southeast Asia towards Australia, roughly 50,000-60,000 years ago.

Recent scientific findings have revealed that Neanderthal genes compose 1 to 4 per cent of the genome of modern-day humans whose ancestors moved out of Africa.

This was the first time that deep learning was used successfully to explain human history.

In a new study, a team of researchers compared the discovered fossils from the Djurab Desert in Chad with the equivalent bones from humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees. They looked at the mechanics of the bones and how they were used by the species. The team concluded habitual bipedalism to be the most likely scenario.

Researchers have created the largest human family tree ever, dating back to 1,00,000 years, which can predict common ancestors, including approximately when and where they lived.

The skull dates back at least 146,000 years, placing it in the Middle Pleistocene.

Modern mammals, including humans, owe their keen sense of hearing to three tiny bones in the middle ear that were absent in their reptile ancestors, but the point at which this transformation occurred has remained unclear.

No one has locked eyes with a Denisovan for tens of thousands of years. These mysterious humans left behind few bones, unlike their close Neanderthal relatives, on their way to extinction. All the remains confirmed to be Denisovan - part of a pinkie finger, half a jawbone, some teeth - could rest comfortably in a shoe box.

Scientists on Wednesday announced the landmark discovery in Ethiopia of a nearly complete skull of an early human ancestor that lived 3.8 million years ago, a species boasting an intriguing mixture of apelike and humanlike characteristics.

Scientists reconstructed the face of an early human ancestor from Jebel Irhoud bones found in Morocco, offering a glimpse into a figure who lived 300,000 years ago.

He claimed that sin was the cause of mutations in genetic diseases harming modern man.

New research suggests that individuals who are naturally early risers may have inherited genetic variants from Neanderthals.

The study says that early mammals evolved before a massive asteroid hit the planet 66 million years ago and therefore lived briefly with dinosaurs.

A fossilized leg bone bearing cut marks made by stone tools might be the earliest evidence that ancient humans butchered and ate each other's flesh

The ancestor named 'Lucy' was shorter than modern-day humans - about 3.3 feet in height - and had an ape-like face.

Archaeologists believe that our earliest ancestors most likely travelled coastlines and islands through southeast Asia towards Australia, roughly 50,000-60,000 years ago.

Recent scientific findings have revealed that Neanderthal genes compose 1 to 4 per cent of the genome of modern-day humans whose ancestors moved out of Africa.

This was the first time that deep learning was used successfully to explain human history.

In a new study, a team of researchers compared the discovered fossils from the Djurab Desert in Chad with the equivalent bones from humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees. They looked at the mechanics of the bones and how they were used by the species. The team concluded habitual bipedalism to be the most likely scenario.

Researchers have created the largest human family tree ever, dating back to 1,00,000 years, which can predict common ancestors, including approximately when and where they lived.

The skull dates back at least 146,000 years, placing it in the Middle Pleistocene.

Modern mammals, including humans, owe their keen sense of hearing to three tiny bones in the middle ear that were absent in their reptile ancestors, but the point at which this transformation occurred has remained unclear.

No one has locked eyes with a Denisovan for tens of thousands of years. These mysterious humans left behind few bones, unlike their close Neanderthal relatives, on their way to extinction. All the remains confirmed to be Denisovan - part of a pinkie finger, half a jawbone, some teeth - could rest comfortably in a shoe box.

Scientists on Wednesday announced the landmark discovery in Ethiopia of a nearly complete skull of an early human ancestor that lived 3.8 million years ago, a species boasting an intriguing mixture of apelike and humanlike characteristics.