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A Lost Human Lineage May Have Left a Genetic Legacy in People Today

Homo erectus may have left a detectable genetic trace in living humans through ancient interbreeding with Denisovans. For much of the 20th century, human evolution was often pictur...

Cave-Dwelling <em>Homo Erectus</em> May Have Burned Owl Pellet Remains Nearly 1.8 Million Years Ago

Learn about new evidence from Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa that may represent the earliest use of fire by human ancestors. 

Traces of Homo erectus Fire Use Dated to 1.8 Million Years Ago

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Ancient tooth proteins suggest Homo erectus may have left a genetic legacy in people today

For most of the 20th century, the model of human origins was a tree: with the trunk dividing into branches, and then twigs. Each species of human relative (hominin) was a neat, sin...

Ancient human ancestors may have first used fire 1.79 million years ago

A new method that detects whether bones have been burned reveals Homo erectus brought fires into caves far earlier than previous evidence had suggested

Homo erectus may have passed a genetic legacy down to modern humans after all

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Humans Were Using Fire Long Before Scientists Thought Possible, Study Says

An international team in South Africa has pinned the earliest known use of fire by Homo erectus back to between 1.07 and 1.79 million years ago.

Biggest Jump In Body Size Among Our Ancestors Happened Around 2 To 2.5 Million Years Ago

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Our ancestors experienced the largest increase in body size about 2 to 2.5 million years ago, when Homo rudolfensis or Homo erectus/ergaster appeare...

New theory of smallest human: Not a hunter, but eater of lizard leftovers

Strange 'hobbits' of Indonesia didn't hunt elephants after all, or cook them, says new paper, supporting theory of deeply archaic ancestry. How many hominins left Africa?

Homo Naledi Fossil In Rising Star Cave Could Represent First Gender-Specific Burials By A Nonhuman Species

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have extracted and analyzed the first-ever ancient proteins from the fossils of Homo naledi, revealing a potential all-female burial site...

Oldest evidence of human cremation discovered: Burned 100,000-year-old Homo sapiens bones found in Ethiopia’s Afar Rift

Why Human Body Size Leaped 2 Million Years Ago

Human body size evolution was not a linear progression. Instead, a massive body mass explosion occurred 2 to 2.5 million years ago with Homo erectus, while divergent species like H...

Titik Balik yang Mengubah Ukuran Manusia Purba Ditemukan

Selama beberapa dekade, para ilmuwan telah memperdebatkan apakah nenek moyang manusia kita secara bertahap meningkatkan ukuran tubuh mereka dari waktu ke waktu atau mengalami perio...

Bigger Human Bodies Evolved Late, Study of Fossils Finds

New PNAS research on 386 fossils shows human body size jumped later within the genus Homo rather than growing steadily across the whole family tree

Here’s How This ‘Hobbit’-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons

Researchers working with the Smithsonian poured over 10,061 artifacts and other elements to determine whether tiny ‘Homo floresiensis’ used fire or hunted big game.

Early humans were bringing fire into caves 1.8 million years ago

A new study suggests early humans were using fire in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave as far back as 1.79 million years ago. Researchers found burned bones deep inside the cave, wher...

Human Evolution Quote: Grok, Is This True?

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Flores Hobbits' eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past

If Homo floresiensis wasn't a fire-using hunter, its origins could be different than we thought.