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Entrance to Vindija Cave in Croatia.

You May Be More 'Neanderthal' Than You Thought

By Charles Q. Choi published

The newly sequenced genome of a female Neanderthal is revealing that our relatives may have passed on genes that today are linked to cholesterol levels, arthritis and other diseases.

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This skull belongs to a 16-month-old ape, now called <em>Nyanzapithecus alesi</em>, that died about 13 million years ago.

Here's What the Last Common Ancestor of Apes and Humans Looked Like

By Charles Q. Choi published

The most complete extinct-ape skull ever found reveals what the last common ancestor of all living apes and humans might have looked like, according to a new study.

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First Flower

Blossoming Bisexual: World's 1st Flower Had Male and Female Parts

By Laura Geggel published

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Scientists have found that a "ghost" lineage of archaic human may have interbred with the ancestors of modern humans in what is now sub-Saharan Africa around 200,000 years ago.

Human Ancestor Mated with 'Ghost Lineage' And the Proof Is in Your Spit

By Charles Q. Choi published

A protein that helps make human spit slimy reveals signs that the ancestors of modern humans interbred with an extinct human lineage that was an even more distant relation than Neanderthals.

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Scientists discovered this rope-making tool, crafted from mammoth ivory, in Hohle Fels Cave in southwestern Germany.

Link to the Past: Evidence of Humanity's Oldest Ropes Unearthed

By Guy Gugliotta published

"Perfect forms" carved in ivory reveal humanity's oldest set of ropes, research suggests.

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Scientists say the molar tooth found in Denisova Cave in Siberia estimate the tooth is at least 20,000 years older than previously examined Denisovan fossils.

200,000-Year-Old 'Baby Tooth' Reveals Clues About Mysterious Human Lineage

By Charles Q. Choi published

DNA in a fossil from a young girl has revealed that a mysterious extinct human lineage occupied Asia longer than previously thought, allowing more potential interbreeding with Neanderthals.

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Ancient whale

Ancient Gap-Toothed Whale Led to Evolution of Efficient Filter Feeding

By Jen Viegas published

A new fossil find, named Coronodon havensteini, helps explain the unusual eating habits of the blue whale.

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Life Among the Stars? Tiny Interstellar Probes May Test 'Panspermia' Idea

By Mike Wall published

Some of the first spacecraft that humanity sends to other solar systems may carry microscopic ambassadors from Earth.

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Alice Roberts, of the University of Birmingham, holds the skull of a hobbit, or <em>Homo floresiensis</em>.

'Hobbits' May Have Led Early Humans Out of Africa

By Alice Roberts published

New research on Indonesian fossils reveals clues to an ancient expansion out of Africa led by human ancestors nicknamed "hobbits."

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The surface of mastodon bone, showing a half-impact notch on a segment of femur.

In Photos: 130,000-Year-Old Evidence of Humans in California

By Jeanna Bryner published

Scientists have found what they are saying could be the oldest evidence of human activity in North America — the marked bones of a mastodon dating back some 130,000 years.

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