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Ancient Human Ancestors Got Substantially Bigger 2 Million Years Ago – When They Started Walking Upright And Eating MeatHomo erectus skull from Tautavel

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Ancient Human Ancestors Got Substantially Bigger 2 Million Years Ago – When They Started Walking Upright And Eating MeatHomo erectus skull from Tautavel
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Ancient Human Ancestors Got Substantially Bigger 2 Million Years Ago – When They Started Walking Upright And Eating Meat

clock-iconJune 23, 2026
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Neanderthals Ate Maggots And Mosquitoes, But Prehistoric European Humans Couldn’t Stomach BugsFried grasshoppers

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Neanderthals Ate Maggots And Mosquitoes, But Prehistoric European Humans Couldn’t Stomach BugsFried grasshoppers
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Neanderthals Ate Maggots And Mosquitoes, But Prehistoric European Humans Couldn’t Stomach Bugs

clock-iconJune 5, 2026
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Clovis People Made Projectile Points Out Of Quartz Crystals – Possibly Because They Believed They Had Supernatural PropertiesA Clovis projectile point made of quartz crystal

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Clovis People Made Projectile Points Out Of Quartz Crystals – Possibly Because They Believed They Had Supernatural PropertiesA Clovis projectile point made of quartz crystal
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Clovis People Made Projectile Points Out Of Quartz Crystals – Possibly Because They Believed They Had Supernatural Properties

clock-iconMay 1, 2026

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The Last Neanderthals Sought Refuge In A Cave Bear Hibernation Den Around 39,000 Years AgoNeanderthal skull

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The Last Neanderthals Sought Refuge In A Cave Bear Hibernation Den Around 39,000 Years AgoNeanderthal skull
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The Last Neanderthals Sought Refuge In A Cave Bear Hibernation Den Around 39,000 Years Ago

clock-iconApril 24, 2026

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South America Was The Last Continent To Be Settled By Humans, And The Early Colonizers Had Links To AustralasiaIndigenous Guarani

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South America Was The Last Continent To Be Settled By Humans, And The Early Colonizers Had Links To AustralasiaIndigenous Guarani
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South America Was The Last Continent To Be Settled By Humans, And The Early Colonizers Had Links To Australasia

clock-iconApril 23, 2026

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Areni-1 Is The Oldest Shoe Of Its Kind Ever Found – And It Pretty Much Shouldn't ExistA picture of the Areni 1 shoe on display.

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Areni-1 Is The Oldest Shoe Of Its Kind Ever Found – And It Pretty Much Shouldn't ExistA picture of the Areni 1 shoe on display.
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Areni-1 Is The Oldest Shoe Of Its Kind Ever Found – And It Pretty Much Shouldn't Exist

clock-iconApril 23, 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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Why Are So Many New (Old) Human Species Being Found In China?Yungxian cranium

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Why Are So Many New (Old) Human Species Being Found In China?Yungxian cranium
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Why Are So Many New (Old) Human Species Being Found In China?

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

clock-iconFebruary 20, 2026
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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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Burning Ourselves With Fire May Have Driven Human EvolutionPrehistoric humans around campfire

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Burning Ourselves With Fire May Have Driven Human EvolutionPrehistoric humans around campfire
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Burning Ourselves With Fire May Have Driven Human Evolution

clock-iconFebruary 5, 2026
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"Dragon Man" And "Big-Headed Man" Co-Existed In Prehistoric China 150,000 Years Ago, New Dating RevealsHomo juluensis fossils

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"Dragon Man" And "Big-Headed Man" Co-Existed In Prehistoric China 150,000 Years Ago, New Dating RevealsHomo juluensis fossils
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"Dragon Man" And "Big-Headed Man" Co-Existed In Prehistoric China 150,000 Years Ago, New Dating Reveals

clock-iconDecember 22, 2025
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Fossil Foot Shows Lucy Shared Space With Another Hominin Who Might Be Our True AncestorThe bones of the Burtele foot (left) and their positions within a gorilla foot.

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Fossil Foot Shows Lucy Shared Space With Another Hominin Who Might Be Our True AncestorThe bones of the Burtele foot (left) and their positions within a gorilla foot.
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Fossil Foot Shows Lucy Shared Space With Another Hominin Who Might Be Our True Ancestor

clock-iconNovember 26, 2025
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First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters ExpectationsAltamura Man

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First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters ExpectationsAltamura Man
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First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations

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Why Does Africa Have So Many Of The World's Largest Land Animals?Shot from above an elephant heard is in and around a river. A four by four vehicle is halfway up on the right side of the image.

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Why Does Africa Have So Many Of The World's Largest Land Animals?Shot from above an elephant heard is in and around a river. A four by four vehicle is halfway up on the right side of the image.
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Why Does Africa Have So Many Of The World's Largest Land Animals?

clock-iconNovember 11, 2025
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