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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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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