Evolution Archive
Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Denisovans, an extinct group of human relatives, remain largely enigmatic despite their interactions with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Genomic evidence indicates that Denisovans were
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent research led by the University of Bristol has uncovered that many mammals were already adapting to a terrestrial lifestyle several million years before
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent study has challenged traditional thinking by emphasizing the significance of human interactions in the transition from hunting and gathering to farming—one
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DNA
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study has uncovered that modern humans descended from at least two ancestral populations, which initially diverged and later reconnected before spreading
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The story of human evolution in Europe has gained a new dimension with recent discoveries. According to recent research, fossilized bone fragments discovered
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent study has unveiled a remarkable collection of 27 fossilized bones, crafted into hand tools by human ancestors approximately 1.5 million years
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the Lapedo Child, a prehistoric skeleton exhibiting both Neanderthal and human characteristics. Utilizing an advanced
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Fossils
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico triggered the
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Human Beginnings
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Rainforests, a significant global biome, were once believed to be uninhabited by humans until recent times. However, new evidence indicates that humans lived in
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent research into the inner ear morphology of Neanderthals and their ancestors offers new insights that challenge the prevailing theory regarding their origins.
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Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent groundbreaking research has revealed a significant discovery: fossils of the world's oldest known megaraptorid and the first evidence of carcharodontosaurs in Australia
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Human Beginnings
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent study has provided new insights into the behavioral complexity of Palaeolithic hominins by examining incised stone artifacts from the Levantine Middle
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Human Beginnings
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ella Egberts from VUB conducted a field trip to Iraq in November and December 2024 as part of a pilot project to identify archaeological
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Human Beginnings
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have discovered new evidence of early hominin activity in Europe, indicating that hominins were present on the continent much earlier than previously
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Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The ongoing debate about the disappearance of Neanderthals remains a fascinating topic in scientific research. Previous studies have established that Neanderthals, along with
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Evolution
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – No evidence of meat consumption inhuman ancestors like Australopithecus, shows a new research published in the scientific journal Science. Left: One of
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Homo erectus demonstrated the ability to adapt and thrive in desert-like environments as far back as 1.2 million years ago. Research published in Communications
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Evolution
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural History presents the oldest known example in the fossil record
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DNA
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent comprehensive DNA study reveals that modern humans have a much longer and more complex history with archaic humans than previously believed.
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Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of researchers, co-led by experts from University College London (UCL), has formally identified genetic variants that influence the morphology of human teeth.
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DNA
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this
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DNA
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - After modern humans migrated from Africa, they encountered and interbred with Neanderthals, leading to the presence of approximately 2–3% Neanderthal DNA in the genomes
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DNA
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has provided a more precise timeline for when Neanderthals
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A recent study by researchers from London's Natural History Museum and the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven has strengthened the argument that Neanderthals
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Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A groundbreaking proposal from a University of Hawaii researcher suggests the discovery of a potential new human species, Homo juluensis, which could include
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has already brought significant changes to our society and is expected to continue influencing it. A new
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The size of the human brain has long been of interest to scientists. A new study suggests humans have larger brains due to
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Evolution
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Researchers suggest that the Denisovans, a newly identified hominin group, significantly influenced early human history through their interbreeding with modern humans. It
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Evolution
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – An international team of paleobiologists has compellingly demonstrated that the sinuses of ancient ocean-dwelling relatives of today’s crocodiles played a crucial role
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent groundbreaking research reveals that teens from the Ice Age, approximately 25,000 years ago, experienced puberty stages akin to those of contemporary teenagers.
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DNA
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A fossilized Neanderthal discovered in a cave system in the Rhône Valley, France, represents an ancient and previously undescribed lineage. This lineage diverged
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Earth Changes
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A comprehensive study examining fossil human teeth from Ice Age Europe has revealed significant insights into how climate change affected prehistoric human populations.
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Archaeology
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new study co-authored by Griffith University reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including
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Evolution
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A new species of fossil snake unearthed in Wyoming is rewriting our understanding of snake evolution. The fossilized skeleton of the newly
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Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The question of when and how early hominids first arrived in Europe from Africa has been a significant topic of debate in human evolution.
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Evolution
AncientPages.com - In 1974, on a survey in Hadar in the remote badlands of Ethiopia, U.S. paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray found a piece of
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Evolution
Eddie Gonzales Jr. - AncientPages.com - Our lineage's species formation pattern was unlike anything else. A cast of the skull of Homo Heidelbergensis, one of the hominin species analyzed
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Researchers working in the Horn of Africa have uncovered evidence showing how Middle Stone Age humans survived in the wake of the eruption
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Evolution
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The mystery behind why Alaskan horses, cryptodiran turtles, and island lizards shrunk over time may have been solved in a new study. Image credit:
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A groundbreaking study has found that evolution is not as unpredictable as previously thought, which could allow scientists to explore which genes could
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a recent study led by
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The shift from dense forests to open plains in Africa may have caused our ancient ancestors to change their vocal calls, research involving
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