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Human Evolution

The Dawn of Words: Did Language Emerge 135,000 Years Ago?

Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences

Single Amino Acid Mutation May Have Helped Shape Human Language Ability

Categories Brain & Behavior

Life appearance reconstruction of a Neanderthal male at the Natural History Museum of London.

How Neanderthals Nearly Vanished 110,000 Years Ago

Categories Life & Non-humans

Expression pattern of NOVA1 in the brain of amouse. NOVA1 in green, nuclei (DAPI) in blue.

A single protein may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language

Categories Brain & Behavior

Fig. 1: The cranium from the Ephesos Octagon in the Collection of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna. The yellowed note coming with it says: “Skull from Ephesus”.

Mystery of Cleopatra’s Sister: Ancient Skull Reveals Surprising Identity

Categories Social Sciences

This caption explains the classification and grouping of hominin fossils: Homo juluensis (blue stars): Xujiayao, Xuchang, Xiahe, Penghu, Denisova, and Tam Ngu Hao 2. Homo longi (white triangles): Harbin, Dali, and Jinniushan. Homo floresiensis (pink diamond): Liang Bua. Homo luzonensis (green circle): Callao. Hualongdong (black inverted triangle), previously grouped with H. longi, is treated separately pending further investigation. Maba and Narmada (black squares), often considered a distinct population, may eventually be classified as H. neanderthalensis or given a new taxonomic name after further analysis. Details on type specimens and sites for the four species—H. floresiensis, H. luzonensis, H. longi, and H. juluensis—are provided in the accompanying box.

Scientists Find New Human Species in Asia, Reshaping Our Family Tree

Categories Life & Non-humans

Overhead image (left) and height map (right) of 3D model of track H3. Scale bars are 15 cm and 8 cm. Height map spans 8 cm from deepest blue to white.

Ancient Footprints Reveal Two Human Species Sharing Lake Shores 1.5 Million Years Ago

Categories Life & Non-humans

Artist's impression of Denisovan family near cave opening

Neanderthal DNA Reveals Clues to Their Extinction

Categories Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences

Primate fossil

Hidden Bias in Human Evolution: How Fossil Hotspots Skew Our Understanding of Our Origins

Categories Life & Non-humans

Artist's impression of Denisovan family near cave opening

Ancient Human Species Thrived on Tibetan Plateau for 160,000 Years

Categories Life & Non-humans, Social Sciences

Characteristic macroscopic (top) and microscopic (bottom) traces might be used to determine how stone edges were used.

Scientists try out stone age tools to understand how they were used

Categories Social Sciences

Yamnaya Bronze relief

Ancient DNA reveals reason for high MS and Alzheimer’s rates in Europe

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

A Neanderthals having coffee early in the morning

Were Neanderthals morning people ?

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans

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