The origin of man

Arid desert landscape in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Illustration: depositphotos.com

New study refutes the theory that human evolution in Africa was caused by climatic drying

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Brown University researchers have discovered that North Africa remained relatively wet even during a period of global climate change – a finding that challenges the link between drying and the paving of humanity.
Two ancient human skulls. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The genetic secret revealed: Humans evolved from two separate ancient species

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New research at the University of Cambridge reveals that the modern human genome was created as a result of a merger between two ancient populations, which separated about 1.5 million years ago and reunited about 300 years ago.
Mycelia's jaw. Courtesy of Tel Aviv University.

The oldest human fossil outside of Africa is found in Israel

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Reconstruction of a 1.8 million year old living environment in Tanzania where hominins lived in competition with predators for hunting. Image: M. Lopez-Herrera via The Olduvai Paleoanthropology and Paleoecology Project and Enrique Baquedano.

Early human life in East Africa 1.8 million years ago was no picnic

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Parable of the evolutionary tree. Illustration: shutterstock

Welcome to the family - making order in the evolutionary tree of the human family / Bernard Wood

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A new classification of the early human species. Skull no. 5 at the time of its discovery. Photo courtesy of the National Museum of Georgia

The skull in Georgia: a head is always a beginning

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A stranger in a strange land / Kate Wong

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Has a new cousin of Adam been discovered?

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