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From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool making, this year has given us a clearer picture of how and why humans evolved ...

Ph.D. candidate Yuchen Lian (LIACS) wants to understand why human languages look the way they do—and find inspiration to ...

A study on Indo-European languages, using direct linguistic data, reconciles the two dominant hypotheses of where and how ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Revolutionary fossil evidence from Ethiopia is challenging decades of scientific consensus about human origins. New discoveries suggest that the famous Lucy fossil, long considered a direct ancestor ...

Mahi Charak [email protected] Language is one of humanity’s greatest creations. It is the invisible thread that binds ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the distinction between hominids and hominins and traces the evolutionary ...

New genetic research shows that DNA and archaeological evidence align with the "long chronology" of the peopling of Australia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

The knowledge of how to make fire rather than relying on the exploitation of naturally occurring fire marked a key ...

Tickling, a seemingly involuntary reflex, evolved not for humor but for connection. It targets exposed areas, triggering ...