This 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world’s oldest human-made art

That makes Liang Metanduno the home of the oldest known artwork in the world, beating the previous contender (a Neanderthal ...
ZME Science

Scientists find a new Neanderthal population that stayed completely isolated for 50,000 years

As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...
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295,800-year-old human footprints found in Spain

Footprints discovered on the Spanish coast were redated using advanced techniques, pushing their age back to nearly 296,000 ...
New Scientist

The hunt for where the last Neanderthals lived

Clues from studies of ancient plants and animals have helped archaeologists pin down where the last Neanderthals found refuge ...
IFLScience

There’s One Place On Earth Where Neanderthals And Modern Humans Both Made Rock Art

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...
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Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, Morocco

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A series of lower jaws from North Africa demonstrates variation among hominin fossils. The jaw on ...
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Fossils unearthed in Morocco are first from little-understood period of human evolution

Fossils unearthed in Morocco from a little-understood period of human evolution may help scientists resolve a long-standing mystery: Who came before us? Three jawbones, including one from a child, ...
Gizmodo

773,000-Year-Old Fossils Add a New Twist to Humanity’s Deep Origins

Researchers theorize that the last common ancestor of modern humans and two of our extinct human cousins—Neanderthals and Denisovans—existed about 765,000 to 550,000 years ago. Where these ancestors ...
Reporter-Herald

1 of euthanized mountain lions in woman’s death had human DNA on its paws

Human DNA was found on the paws of one of the lions that was killed after authorities searched for the animals involved in the New Year’s Day death of a Fort Collins woman near Estes Park. Colorado ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Top Human Evolution Discoveries of 2025, From the Intriguing Neanderthal Diet to the Oldest Western European Face Fossil

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...
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Missing woman's son and daughter-in-law charged after human remains found in backyard of home

Two people are charged in connection to a missing woman's case in Jackson.John Ryan, 50, and Samantha Ryan, 48, have been arrested and charged with desecration of a human corpse. John Ryan is the son ...
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Human trafficking suspect used drugs, woman’s child to control her, Florida AG says

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A man has been arrested on human trafficking charges after authorities said he took a woman across Florida and Mississippi, coercing her to engage in sexual acts for money ...