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Neanderthals And The "Cult Of The Sun Bird": Were Golden Eagles Worshipped By Our Ancient Relatives?Golden Eagle flying against snow background

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Neanderthals And The "Cult Of The Sun Bird": Were Golden Eagles Worshipped By Our Ancient Relatives?Golden Eagle flying against snow background
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Neanderthals And The "Cult Of The Sun Bird": Were Golden Eagles Worshipped By Our Ancient Relatives?

clock-iconMay 26, 2026

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Burnt Bones In Ethiopia Are The Earliest Evidence Of Human Cremation Yet Found – At 100,000 Years OldA photo showing researchers on a sparce sandy field site. The terrain is a dark brownish color with no greenery. There are people scattered within the shot, some by small trenches in the ground and some clustered together with equipment. A silver topped tend is visible in the foreground.

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Burnt Bones In Ethiopia Are The Earliest Evidence Of Human Cremation Yet Found – At 100,000 Years OldA photo showing researchers on a sparce sandy field site. The terrain is a dark brownish color with no greenery. There are people scattered within the shot, some by small trenches in the ground and some clustered together with equipment. A silver topped tend is visible in the foreground.
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Burnt Bones In Ethiopia Are The Earliest Evidence Of Human Cremation Yet Found – At 100,000 Years Old

clock-iconMay 25, 2026

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How Many People Have Lived And Died On Earth So Far? Probably Far More Than You ThinkPale Blue Dot; the Voyager image of Earth from around 3.7 billion miles away.

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How Many People Have Lived And Died On Earth So Far? Probably Far More Than You ThinkPale Blue Dot; the Voyager image of Earth from around 3.7 billion miles away.
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How Many People Have Lived And Died On Earth So Far? Probably Far More Than You Think

clock-iconMay 12, 2026

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What Killed the Neanderthals? A Lack of Social Connection May Have Played A Big Role In Their ExtinctionSkull of a Neanderthal in the museum

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What Killed the Neanderthals? A Lack of Social Connection May Have Played A Big Role In Their ExtinctionSkull of a Neanderthal in the museum
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What Killed the Neanderthals? A Lack of Social Connection May Have Played A Big Role In Their Extinction

clock-iconMay 2, 2026

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“The Old ‘Did Neanderthals Even Speak?’ Question" Is "Very Hard To Sustain”: Genetic Hardware For Language Abilities Evolved Long Before Modern Humans AppearedNeanderthal skull

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“The Old ‘Did Neanderthals Even Speak?’ Question" Is "Very Hard To Sustain”: Genetic Hardware For Language Abilities Evolved Long Before Modern Humans AppearedNeanderthal skull
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“The Old ‘Did Neanderthals Even Speak?’ Question" Is "Very Hard To Sustain”: Genetic Hardware For Language Abilities Evolved Long Before Modern Humans Appeared

clock-iconApril 22, 2026

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The Old Brutish Image Of Neanderthals Was Linked To One Fossil – But It Was A Total Red HerringNeanderthal, prehistoric caveman

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The Old Brutish Image Of Neanderthals Was Linked To One Fossil – But It Was A Total Red HerringNeanderthal, prehistoric caveman
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The Old Brutish Image Of Neanderthals Was Linked To One Fossil – But It Was A Total Red Herring

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7,500-Year-Old "Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Something DifferentHuman skull bone from Hahnofersand

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7,500-Year-Old "Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Something DifferentHuman skull bone from Hahnofersand
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7,500-Year-Old "Neanderthal-Human Hybrid" Skull Turns Out To Be Something Different

clock-iconApril 20, 2026

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Massive Neanderthal Baby Shows How Different They Were To Modern Human InfantsBaby holding adult thumb

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Massive Neanderthal Baby Shows How Different They Were To Modern Human InfantsBaby holding adult thumb
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Massive Neanderthal Baby Shows How Different They Were To Modern Human Infants

clock-iconApril 16, 2026

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Humans May Have Been Hunting With Bows And Arrows 40,000 Years AgoPrehistoric cave painting showing bow and arrow

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Humans May Have Been Hunting With Bows And Arrows 40,000 Years AgoPrehistoric cave painting showing bow and arrow
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Humans May Have Been Hunting With Bows And Arrows 40,000 Years Ago

clock-iconApril 7, 2026

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Was Our Emotional Intelligence The Key Driver Of Human Evolution?paleoart of Three prehistoic caveman human

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Was Our Emotional Intelligence The Key Driver Of Human Evolution?paleoart of Three prehistoic caveman human
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Was Our Emotional Intelligence The Key Driver Of Human Evolution?

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"Maybe We Never Really Had That Many Of Their X Chromosomes": Prehistoric Human Women Had The Hots For Neanderthal DudesNeanderthal man

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"Maybe We Never Really Had That Many Of Their X Chromosomes": Prehistoric Human Women Had The Hots For Neanderthal DudesNeanderthal man
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"Maybe We Never Really Had That Many Of Their X Chromosomes": Prehistoric Human Women Had The Hots For Neanderthal Dudes

clock-iconFebruary 26, 2026
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This Group Of Ancient Humans Made It Out Of Africa 100,000 Years Ago, But Later VanishedMan and camels in the Arabian Desert

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This Group Of Ancient Humans Made It Out Of Africa 100,000 Years Ago, But Later VanishedMan and camels in the Arabian Desert
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This Group Of Ancient Humans Made It Out Of Africa 100,000 Years Ago, But Later Vanished

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Do Modern Humans Have A Longer Lifespan Than Neanderthals And Denisovans?Old people having fun

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Do Modern Humans Have A Longer Lifespan Than Neanderthals And Denisovans?Old people having fun
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Do Modern Humans Have A Longer Lifespan Than Neanderthals And Denisovans?

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We May Now Know Where Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up – And It Was All Over The PlaceNeanderthal skeleton

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We May Now Know Where Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up – And It Was All Over The PlaceNeanderthal skeleton
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We May Now Know Where Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up – And It Was All Over The Place

clock-iconFebruary 6, 2026
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74,000 Years Ago Was A Terrible Time To Be A Human, But It Might Have Made Us Who We Are TodayAn image of Fagradalsfjall, an angry volcano in Iceland,

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74,000 Years Ago Was A Terrible Time To Be A Human, But It Might Have Made Us Who We Are TodayAn image of Fagradalsfjall, an angry volcano in Iceland,
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74,000 Years Ago Was A Terrible Time To Be A Human, But It Might Have Made Us Who We Are Today

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