The Dawn of Mankind Our journey begins in the depths of time, where our earliest ancestors roamed the earth. These ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from early modern humans, who first arrived ... A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social ...

erectus’ geographic range. There has been significant debate over when early hominins acquired the adaptability to survive in extreme environments, such as deserts or rainforests. Previous ...

Study Reveals Interdependence of Early Humans With Small Scavengers to Facilitate Evolution of Ecosystem A research team from ...

Chemicals in the tooth enamel of Australopithecus suggest the early human ancestors ate very little meat, dining on vegetation instead.

Short snouts and a flat profile - within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

Dr. Baumann and his colleagues hypothesize that ancient humans may have hunted and killed more animals than they could consume, thereby increasing the availability of carrion. At first, this may have ...

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of ... interbred with modern day humans passed on some ... Early Human Species Benefited ...

New research shows that ancient humans, Australopithecus, had a plant-based diet, challenging long-held meat-eating theories.

"Early humans, more than 30,000 years ago ... which in turn may have had an influence on human evolution itself. More information: Chris Baumann et al, Evidence for the catalytic role of humans ...