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'Huge surprise' reveals how some humans left Africa 50,000 years ago
How did Homo sapiens manage to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago, when earlier treks out of the continent had ended in failure?
Ancient 'Dragon Man' skull from China isn't what we thought
Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.
How long would it take for humans to go extinct if we stopped having babies?
Opinion Even though there are 8 billion people on Earth today, a catastrophe could send that number much lower within a few decades.
Strange pits on 'hobbit' teeth and other archaic humans could reveal hidden links in our family tree
Small clusters of pits in tooth enamel may be traced back to a single evolutionary lineage millions of years ago.
Ancient DNA from Papua New Guinea reveals centuries of genetic isolation
A new analysis of the ancient DNA of 42 people from Papua New Guinea reveals that some cultures were remarkably isolated for centuries.
43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world's oldest — and made by a Neanderthal
The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of symbolic art.
140,000-year-old bones of our ancient ancestors found on sea floor, revealing secrets of extinct human species
Researchers have recovered Homo erectus bones from the seafloor, which points to an unknown hominin population hunting on land that is now underwater in Southeast Asia.
Ancient jawbone dredged off Taiwan seafloor belongs to mysterious Denisovan, study finds
Researchers have determined that a mysterious jawbone discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Taiwan was Denisovan, proving that the archaic humans were distributed widely over Asia.
