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Life began on Earth 4.2 billion years ago says new study

Life began on Earth 4.2 billion years ago says new study. LUCA, Last Universal Common Ancestor, existed just 400 million years after the formation of Earth.

The face of a 300,000-Year-Old Human Ancestor Reconstructed. Credit: Cicero Moraes

The face of a 300,000-Year-Old Human Ancestor Reconstructed

Scientists have reconstructed the face of an early human ancestor using bones found at Jebel Irhoud in Morocco.

Remains of the castle in Korolevo, close to the site. Катерина Байдужа/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The first Europeans were in Ukraine 1.4 million years ago

The first Europeans were in Ukraine 1.4 million years ago, at a site on the Tysa River in western Ukraine known as Korolevo. according to a new analysis.

Homo neanderthalensis cranium (Tabun 1) © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London

New fossil dating techniques change human evolution timeline

New fossil dating techniques have been used that have changed the human evolution timeline from what we had previously thought.

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Human beings are now the biggest predator in the African Savannah

Human beings are now the biggest predator in the African Savannah according to a new study. Animals are more afraid of humans than they are of lions.

This three-dimensional model highlights footprints across one of the excavated surfaces. The height of the area corresponds to the color, changing from cool greens to warm yellow colors with increasing elevation. PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID BUSTOS

Confirmed – Humans reached the Americas much earlier than thought

New research has now confirmed that humans reached the Americas at least 7,000 years earlier than thought - between 21,000 to 23,000 years ago. 

AI generated image of human walking across African savannah with a stick in right hand. There is a round white sun in the background against an orange sky

First Humans Who Left Africa Were a Mix of Different Lineages

A new study published in Nature by an international team of researchers suggests that humans were living in different regions of Africa, migrating from one region of the continent to the other and mix...

Stairs going upwards into two gigantic stone feet on either side. From Sri Lanka

10 amazing things we learned about our human ancestors in 2022

10 amazing things we learned about our human ancestors in 2022 relating to evolution, human history and anthropology.

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The Y chromosome may slowly be disappearing but a new sex gene brings hope

Men are slowly losing their Y chromosome, but a new sex gene discovery in spiny rats brings hope for humanity

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