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Who is Ancestor X? The biggest mystery in human evolution
The search for the direct ancestor of humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans has been protracted and puzzling. Now, fresh clues are adding a surprising twist to the tale
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Human ancestors may have walked on two legs 7 million years ago
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Shape of human brain has barely changed in past 160,000 years
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Life As Told By a Sapiens to a Neanderthal review: Joyful curiosity
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Prehistoric dart-throwing atlatl weapon even more deadly than thought
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When did humans start making art and were Neanderthals artists too?
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Ancient DNA adds to evidence for Native Americans’ east Asian ancestry
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Ice Age Footprints review: Ancient humans鈥� arrival in North America
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Ancient footprints show children splashed in puddles 11,500 years ago
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How fossil footprints are revealing the joy and fear of Stone Age life
A new wave of archaeological investigations is reconstructing intimate details of our ancestors' lives from fossilised footprints. They give us glimpses of everything from parent-child relationships to the thrill of a giant sloth hunt
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Fate of buried Java Man revealed in unseen notes from Homo erectus dig
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Largest ever family tree of humanity reveals our species’ history
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Modern humans moved into cave one year after Neanderthals abandoned it
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160,000-year-old fossil may be the first Denisovan skull we’ve found
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