Human Beginnings Archive

A Rare Find In Ancient Timorese Mud May Rewrite The History Of Human Settlement In Australasia

AncientPages.com | May 28, 2024

AncientPages.com - Humans arrived in Australia at least 65,000 years ago, according to archaeological evidence. These pioneers were part of an early wave of people travelling eastwards from

DNA

Nose Shape Gene Inherited From Neanderthals

AncientPages.com | May 8, 2023

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Humans inherited genetic material from Neanderthals that affects the shape of our noses, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Modern human

Archaeology

Can Early Stone Tools Offer Proof Our Ancestors Were Becoming Human, Both Mentally And Culturally?

AncientPages.com | July 7, 2022

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologically excavated stone tools—some as much as 2.6 million years old—have been hailed as evidence for an early cultural heritage in human evolution.