Live Science on MSN20d
1.4 million-year-old jaw that was 'a bit weird for Homo' turns out to be from never-before-seen human relative
A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds. The extinct human relative is from the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is ...
New Scientist7d
Why it’s so hard to tell when Homo sapiens became a distinct species
The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, ...
earth1d
How did humans start talking? Scientists may have found the answer
A newly identified version of a gene in the human genome appears to have influenced our capacity for complex speech.
Genetic Discovery Could Unlock the Mysterious Origins of Human Language
A human-specific NOVA1 gene variant may have influenced the emergence of spoken language. When introduced into mice, it ...
Was the emergence of intelligent life on Earth just a fluke? Some scientists think not
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...
Archaeologists discover oldest evidence of stone blade production on the Arabian Peninsula
An international team of archaeologists, ethnologists and historians has uncovered the oldest-known evidence of stone blade ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs28d
Blood incompatibility with Homo sapiens may have led to Neanderthal extinction
Researchers from the University of Aix-Marseille studied the genomes of several ancient individuals—Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. The study reveals that Neanderthals possessed a ...