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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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HIV Was Quietly Influencing Human Evolution. Antiretroviral Therapy Stopped It In Its TracksScanning electron micrograph of an HIV-infected H9 T cell, colorized in Halloween colors

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HIV Was Quietly Influencing Human Evolution. Antiretroviral Therapy Stopped It In Its TracksScanning electron micrograph of an HIV-infected H9 T cell, colorized in Halloween colors
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HIV Was Quietly Influencing Human Evolution. Antiretroviral Therapy Stopped It In Its Tracks

clock-iconApril 27, 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

clock-iconApril 21, 2026

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Previously Unknown Human Lineage Discovered In Northern East Asia Survived And Adapted After The "Ice Age" EndedA photo showing a large expanse of ice giving way to water by the shore. In the foreground to the bottom right is a mound of earth or bank with rocks sticking out it it. There is a clump of brown grass at the top of it. In the distance is a mountain range just below a thick line of low cloud.

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Previously Unknown Human Lineage Discovered In Northern East Asia Survived And Adapted After The "Ice Age" EndedA photo showing a large expanse of ice giving way to water by the shore. In the foreground to the bottom right is a mound of earth or bank with rocks sticking out it it. There is a clump of brown grass at the top of it. In the distance is a mountain range just below a thick line of low cloud.
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Previously Unknown Human Lineage Discovered In Northern East Asia Survived And Adapted After The "Ice Age" Ended

clock-iconApril 4, 2026

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Violence May Be "Deeply Rooted In Our Evolutionary Past", But Science Is Revealing The Hidden Complexity Of Aggressive BehaviorPunch in the face

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Violence May Be "Deeply Rooted In Our Evolutionary Past", But Science Is Revealing The Hidden Complexity Of Aggressive BehaviorPunch in the face
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Violence May Be "Deeply Rooted In Our Evolutionary Past", But Science Is Revealing The Hidden Complexity Of Aggressive Behavior

clock-iconMarch 31, 2026

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What Was Motherhood Like For Homo Erectus Females?Artist's impression of Homo erectus

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What Was Motherhood Like For Homo Erectus Females?Artist's impression of Homo erectus
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What Was Motherhood Like For Homo Erectus Females?

clock-iconMarch 23, 2026

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"I Don't Think We're Ready”: Human Evolution On Mars Will Transform Our Species In Wild WaysAstronauts walk on the surface of Mars, with a Martian city in the background.

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"I Don't Think We're Ready”: Human Evolution On Mars Will Transform Our Species In Wild WaysAstronauts walk on the surface of Mars, with a Martian city in the background.
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"I Don't Think We're Ready”: Human Evolution On Mars Will Transform Our Species In Wild Ways

clock-iconMarch 20, 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?

clock-iconMarch 13, 2026

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This Is The Face Of ‘Little Foot’, The Oldest Hominin From Southern AfricaFacial reconstruction of Little Foot fossil

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This Is The Face Of ‘Little Foot’, The Oldest Hominin From Southern AfricaFacial reconstruction of Little Foot fossil
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This Is The Face Of ‘Little Foot’, The Oldest Hominin From Southern Africa

clock-iconMarch 3, 2026
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This Mysterious Skull Baffled Scientists After Being Embedded In A Cave Wall For 300,000 YearsThe Petralona skull in situ, covered by dried cave juice..

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This Mysterious Skull Baffled Scientists After Being Embedded In A Cave Wall For 300,000 YearsThe Petralona skull in situ, covered by dried cave juice..
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This Mysterious Skull Baffled Scientists After Being Embedded In A Cave Wall For 300,000 Years

clock-iconFebruary 13, 2026
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67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencils Found Deep In A Cave Just Became The World's Oldest Rock ArtThe world's oldest known rock art: Narrowed finger hand stencils that have been created by blowing ochre (red) pigment over them, from Leang Jarie, Maros, Sulawesi

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67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencils Found Deep In A Cave Just Became The World's Oldest Rock ArtThe world's oldest known rock art: Narrowed finger hand stencils that have been created by blowing ochre (red) pigment over them, from Leang Jarie, Maros, Sulawesi
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67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencils Found Deep In A Cave Just Became The World's Oldest Rock Art

clock-iconJanuary 21, 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

clock-iconJanuary 17, 2026
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Neanderthal "Altamura Man" Suffered An Unfortunate Death And Became Embedded In A Cave Wall Over 128,000 Years AgoAltamura Man, a skull embedded in a cave wall covered in "cave popcorn".

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Neanderthal "Altamura Man" Suffered An Unfortunate Death And Became Embedded In A Cave Wall Over 128,000 Years AgoAltamura Man, a skull embedded in a cave wall covered in "cave popcorn".
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Neanderthal "Altamura Man" Suffered An Unfortunate Death And Became Embedded In A Cave Wall Over 128,000 Years Ago

clock-iconJanuary 13, 2026
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Archaeologists Once Opened A Cave Chamber Sealed For 40,000 Years, Revealing The Lives Of The World's Last NeanderthalsGorham's Cave Complex on the Rock Of Gibraltar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Archaeologists Once Opened A Cave Chamber Sealed For 40,000 Years, Revealing The Lives Of The World's Last NeanderthalsGorham's Cave Complex on the Rock Of Gibraltar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Archaeologists Once Opened A Cave Chamber Sealed For 40,000 Years, Revealing The Lives Of The World's Last Neanderthals

clock-iconJanuary 10, 2026
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"What We Have Is A Very Good Candidate": Has The Ancestor Of Homo Sapiens Finally Been Found In Africa?Human jawbone from Grotte à Hominidés

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"What We Have Is A Very Good Candidate": Has The Ancestor Of Homo Sapiens Finally Been Found In Africa?Human jawbone from Grotte à Hominidés
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"What We Have Is A Very Good Candidate": Has The Ancestor Of Homo Sapiens Finally Been Found In Africa?

clock-iconJanuary 7, 2026
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