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Human Migration History: Ancient Human Footprints in Saudi Arabia
Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn’t Be
They might just rewrite the history of human migration.
www.popularmechanics.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Human Migration History: Ancient Human Footprints in Saudi Arabia
Is There a Benefit to Having Neanderthal DNA in the Human Genome? | Discover Magazine
Is There a Benefit to Having Neanderthal DNA in the Human Genome?
Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.
www.discovermagazine.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Is There a Benefit to Having Neanderthal DNA in the Human Genome? | Discover Magazine
Neanderthal 1: The incredible discovery that rewrote history
Neanderthal 1: The incredible discovery that rewrote history
This peaceful German valley is where the first Neanderthal was discovered and identified as a separate species.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Neanderthal 1: The incredible discovery that rewrote history
The Last of the Iberian Neanderthals - Tomorrow Magazine
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December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Last of the Iberian Neanderthals - Tomorrow Magazine
News - Butchered Neanderthal Remains from Belgium Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine
News - Butchered Neanderthal Remains from Belgium Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine
PARIS, FRANCE—According to a statement released by the French National Center for Scientific Research, an […]
archaeology.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
News - Butchered Neanderthal Remains from Belgium Analyzed - Archaeology Magazine
This Is Why Modern Human Faces Look So Different From Neanderthals
This Is Why Modern Human Faces Look So Different From Neanderthals
Your face stops growing in a way that Neanderthals' never did.
www.zmescience.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This Is Why Modern Human Faces Look So Different From Neanderthals
The disappearance of Neanderthals may be explained by simple genetic dilution - Futura-Sciences
The disappearance of Neanderthals may be explained by simple genetic dilution - Futura-Sciences
As Neanderthals had dominated Europe for hundreds of thousands of years, the arrival of Homo sapiens 45,000 years ago marked the beginning of their sudden disappearance. The causes of this extinction...
www.futura-sciences.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The disappearance of Neanderthals may be explained by simple genetic dilution - Futura-Sciences
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November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Ancient humans took two routes to Australia 60,000 years ago | New Scientist
Ancient humans took two routes to Australia 60,000 years ago
Scientists have long tried to uncover the perilous journey humans took to reach the ancient land mass that now makes up Australia. Now, a genetic study has edged us closer to understanding how and when...
www.newscientist.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ancient humans took two routes to Australia 60,000 years ago | New Scientist
Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side
Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side
With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a species different from that of the famous fossil Lucy providing further proof that...
phys.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side
Early hominin Australopithecus afarensis may not be our human ancestor after all | Natural History Museum
Early hominin Australopithecus afarensis may not be our human ancestor after all | Natural History Museum
New Australopithecus fossils found in Ethiopia are changing the human family tree.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Early hominin Australopithecus afarensis may not be our human ancestor after all | Natural History Museum
Neanderthal women and children were the victims of selective cannibalism at Goyet, study reveals
Neanderthal women and children were the victims of selective cannibalism at Goyet, study reveals
The study of an assemblage of Neanderthal human bones discovered in the Troisième caverne of Goyet (Belgium) has brought to light selective cannibalistic behavior primarily targeting female adults and...
phys.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Neanderthal women and children were the victims of selective cannibalism at Goyet, study reveals
First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations, NASA Reveals Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From 8 Missions, And Much More This Week | IFLScience
First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations, NASA Reveals Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From 8 Missions, And Much More This Week
All the biggest science news stories of the week.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
First-Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavity Shatters Expectations, NASA Reveals Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From 8 Missions, And Much More This Week | IFLScience
A two-channeled Neanderthal hearth: archaeologists just figured out what it was for (and it’s fascinating)
A two-channeled Neanderthal hearth: archaeologists just figured out what it was for (and it’s fascinating)
The find sits on Gibraltar’s iconic limestone. Wind, salt, and time shaped this coast. People did the rest. New work now ties a stone-built hearth to a
www.reteuro.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A two-channeled Neanderthal hearth: archaeologists just figured out what it was for (and it’s fascinating)
News - Neanderthals May Have Crafted Implements for Drawing - Archaeology Magazine
News - Neanderthals May Have Crafted Implements for Drawing - Archaeology Magazine
NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE, FRANCE—Neanderthals may have fashioned ocher tools for drawing and marking surfaces, according to a […]
archaeology.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
News - Neanderthals May Have Crafted Implements for Drawing - Archaeology Magazine
Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds
Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds
A new study led by the University of Oxford has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and that Neanderthals likely engaged...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed, new analysis finds
Prehistoric “Crayons” Overturn What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals - Futura-Sciences
Prehistoric “Crayons” Overturn What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals - Futura-Sciences
Neanderthals—artists ahead of their time? Newly analyzed ochre crayons show that our prehistoric cousins were already using objects to communicate symbolically, long before Homo sapiens. With their...
www.futura-sciences.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Prehistoric “Crayons” Overturn What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals - Futura-Sciences
Did Neanderthals Deal with the Common Cold and Other Types of Ailments? | Discover Magazine
Did Neanderthals Deal with the Common Cold and Other Types of Ailments?
Learn more about the diseases Neanderthals endured and how their weakened immune system and encounters with humans made them more susceptible to infection.
www.discovermagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Did Neanderthals Deal with the Common Cold and Other Types of Ailments? | Discover Magazine
Looking inside a well-preserved Neanderthal nose to solve a mystery about our ancestors' faces
Looking inside a well-preserved Neanderthal nose to solve a mystery about our ancestors' faces
A long-standing debate in paleontology about whether the distinctive Neanderthal nose evolved purely for the cold weather may have finally been solved, and it's all thanks to an ancient, exceptionally...
phys.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Looking inside a well-preserved Neanderthal nose to solve a mystery about our ancestors' faces
Science history: Iconic 'Lucy' fossil discovered, transforming our understanding of human evolution — Nov. 24, 1974 | Live Science
Science history: Iconic 'Lucy' fossil discovered, transforming our understanding of human evolution — Nov. 24, 1974
On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor. The iconic "Lucy" fossil would reveal much about our species' tangled...
www.livescience.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Science history: Iconic 'Lucy' fossil discovered, transforming our understanding of human evolution — Nov. 24, 1974 | Live Science
A Math Equation May Help Solve the Neanderthal Extinction Mystery | Discover Magazine
A Math Equation May Help Solve the Neanderthal Extinction Mystery
Learn about a new mathematical model that suggests Neanderthals never went extinct and, instead, became modern humans.
www.discovermagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A Math Equation May Help Solve the Neanderthal Extinction Mystery | Discover Magazine
Scientists Find Evidence That Humans Made Out With Non-Human Creatures
Scientists Find Evidence That Humans Made Out With Non-Human Creatures
A new study from Oxford University shows that humans and Neanderthals most likely kissed each other back in the distant past.
futurism.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Scientists Find Evidence That Humans Made Out With Non-Human Creatures
Archaeological discovery upends the timeline of human civilization - Earth.com
Archaeological cave discovery upends the 'known' timeline of human civilization
Humans reached, settled, and thrived on Mindoro far earlier than most scientific timelines for allow for the evolution of human civilization.
www.earth.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Archaeological discovery upends the timeline of human civilization - Earth.com
We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age | New Scientist
We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age
Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
www.newscientist.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age | New Scientist
When did kissing evolve and did humans and Neanderthals get off with each other? New research
When did kissing evolve and did humans and Neanderthals get off with each other? New research
Humans are not the only animal to kiss.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
When did kissing evolve and did humans and Neanderthals get off with each other? New research