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What Exactly Does It Mean To Be A Human Being – And How Did We Decide?A display of Homo sapiens skulls.

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What Exactly Does It Mean To Be A Human Being – And How Did We Decide?A display of Homo sapiens skulls.
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What Exactly Does It Mean To Be A Human Being – And How Did We Decide?

clock-iconApril 4, 2026

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This 300,000-Year-Old Skull Doesn’t Match With Any Human SpeciesThe skull known as Maba 1

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This 300,000-Year-Old Skull Doesn’t Match With Any Human SpeciesThe skull known as Maba 1
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This 300,000-Year-Old Skull Doesn’t Match With Any Human Species

clock-iconMay 28, 2025
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Previously Unknown Human Lineage Lived In The Sahara When It Was GreenA 7,000-year-old mummy from the Green Sahara

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Previously Unknown Human Lineage Lived In The Sahara When It Was GreenA 7,000-year-old mummy from the Green Sahara
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Previously Unknown Human Lineage Lived In The Sahara When It Was Green

clock-iconApril 4, 2025
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Death Of Neanderthal-Like Human Child Linked To “Taboo” Site’s AbandonmentLapedo Child's excavation

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Death Of Neanderthal-Like Human Child Linked To “Taboo” Site’s AbandonmentLapedo Child's excavation
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Death Of Neanderthal-Like Human Child Linked To “Taboo” Site’s Abandonment

clock-iconMarch 7, 2025
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Europeans Were Mostly Dark-Skinned Until Roman Times, Ancient DNA SuggestsCheddar Man

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Europeans Were Mostly Dark-Skinned Until Roman Times, Ancient DNA SuggestsCheddar Man
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Europeans Were Mostly Dark-Skinned Until Roman Times, Ancient DNA Suggests

clock-iconMarch 6, 2025
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The Taung Child: 100 Years Ago, A “Missing Link” Between Humans And Apes Was Revealedskull fossil Cast in three parts: endocranium, face and mandible, of a 2.1 million year old Australopithecus africanus specimen so-called Taung child, discovered in South Africa.

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The Taung Child: 100 Years Ago, A “Missing Link” Between Humans And Apes Was Revealedskull fossil Cast in three parts: endocranium, face and mandible, of a 2.1 million year old Australopithecus africanus specimen so-called Taung child, discovered in South Africa.
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The Taung Child: 100 Years Ago, A “Missing Link” Between Humans And Apes Was Revealed

clock-iconFebruary 3, 2025
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Did Prehistoric Humans Really Live In Caves?Caveman

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Did Prehistoric Humans Really Live In Caves?Caveman
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Did Prehistoric Humans Really Live In Caves?

clock-iconJanuary 20, 2025
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Celtic Women Ruled Iron Age Britain, 2,000-Year-Old DNA RevealsBronze statue of Boudica in London

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Celtic Women Ruled Iron Age Britain, 2,000-Year-Old DNA RevealsBronze statue of Boudica in London
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Celtic Women Ruled Iron Age Britain, 2,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals

clock-iconJanuary 15, 2025
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Foxes And Wildcats Were Often On The Menu 10,000 Years AgoA close up photo of a red fox sitting in a dry grass field. The fox is on profile facing the right and is scratching its chin with its hind leg.

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Foxes And Wildcats Were Often On The Menu 10,000 Years AgoA close up photo of a red fox sitting in a dry grass field. The fox is on profile facing the right and is scratching its chin with its hind leg.
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Foxes And Wildcats Were Often On The Menu 10,000 Years Ago

clock-iconJanuary 3, 2025
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Neanderthals May Have Mastered Fire 270,000 Years AgoA prehistoric human carrying a torch

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Neanderthals May Have Mastered Fire 270,000 Years AgoA prehistoric human carrying a torch
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Neanderthals May Have Mastered Fire 270,000 Years Ago

clock-iconDecember 24, 2024
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Did Humans Almost Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago?Human skull representing extinction

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Did Humans Almost Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago?Human skull representing extinction
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Did Humans Almost Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago?

clock-iconDecember 19, 2024
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We Now Know Exactly When Humans And Neanderthals Hooked UpNeanderthals humans

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We Now Know Exactly When Humans And Neanderthals Hooked UpNeanderthals humans
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We Now Know Exactly When Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up

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500,000 People May Have Once Lived On Australia's Long-Lost LandmassThe Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia is pictured from the International Space Station in April 2023.

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500,000 People May Have Once Lived On Australia's Long-Lost LandmassThe Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia is pictured from the International Space Station in April 2023.
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500,000 People May Have Once Lived On Australia's Long-Lost Landmass

clock-iconJanuary 17, 2024
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How "Dark" Were The Dark Ages, Really?Page 23 of the Codex Aureus, an illuminated manuscript produced around the year 750 in the south of England, probably at Canterbury.

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How "Dark" Were The Dark Ages, Really?Page 23 of the Codex Aureus, an illuminated manuscript produced around the year 750 in the south of England, probably at Canterbury.
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How "Dark" Were The Dark Ages, Really?

clock-iconNovember 27, 2023
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When Did Humans Stop Being Naked?Person dressed in prehistoric clothing sewing an animal hide.

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When Did Humans Stop Being Naked?Person dressed in prehistoric clothing sewing an animal hide.
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When Did Humans Stop Being Naked?

clock-iconNovember 13, 2023
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