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First Homo sapiens out of Africa replaced by Neanderthals
A skull found in the 70s turns out to be the first Homo sapiens out of Africa. But the population didn't last and may have been replaced by Neanderthals.
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Neanderthals hunted Portuguese tortoise to extinction
Portugal was once home to a species of tortoise. Now it isn't. It turns out the Neanderthals were to blame, wiping them out around 70,000 years ago.
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Homo naledi legs reveal they walked weird for a human
Homo naledi is a strange species of human. New research on 3 Homo naledi legs reveals something else weird, showing they walked unlike any other human
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Why did prehistoric people make cave art?
Humans have been painting caves around the world for tens of thousands of years. But what drove them to make all this cave art in the first place?
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Can evolution explain why men send dick pics?
Evolution is the unifying theory of biology that can explain so much. But can it explain dick pics? New research tries to find out.
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Monkey stone age more innovative than chimp stone age
“Animal archaeologists” have found capuchins have entered a “monkey stone age” and it features more innovation than the chimp stone age.
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Oldest ranged weapons in Arabia discovered
Ranged weapons seem like a great idea, allowing you to hunt far from danger. But it took them 30,000 years to spread to Arabia. Why?
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The “Red Lady” had her skull stolen 19,000 years ago
Only one burial has been found in Spain from the period after the peak of the last ice age. It’s called the Red Lady and it’s ruddy weird. This is her story
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Extinction of Neanderthals set up by climate change
Research reveals that climate change created the perfect conditions for the extinction of Neanderthals and the flourishing of modern humans.
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Lucy weighed less than a labrador
New research into how much Lucy weighed has found she was surprisingly dainty, clocking in less than a labrador. What does this mean for human evolution?