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Climate Change May Have Affected the Body and Indirectly the Brain Size of Prehistoric Humans, Study Found

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 07.12.2021 00:26 AM

Throughout human evolution, body size has fluctuated significantly and is found to be directly linked to the climate. But brain size did not evolve at the same time as the body.

El Niño Phenomenon, Ecosystem Changes in Africa Drove Human Evolution

06.01.2021 06:40 AM

Researchers propose that seesaw climatic patterns like El Niño influenced and drove the evolution of flora and mammal fauna in the African continent more than a million years ago.

Isotope Analysis of Teeth Debunks 2,500 Year Old Claim About Ancient Greek's Military

05.12.2021 23:54 PM

Researchers have revealed some Greek military secrets debunking a 2,500-year-old claim, which includes the fact that soldier diversity may have been far better than the likes of Herodotus recorded.

Neanderthal Diet Study Shows They Ate Starchy Foods 600,0000 Years Ago to Fuel Their Brains

05.11.2021 00:50 AM

New research of microbes recently showed how a Neanderthal diet was like during our ancestors' time. This was another blow to the famous illustration that Neanderthals were "cruel meat-eaters."

2,500-Year-Old Bronze Age Relics Accidentally Discovered in Swedish Forest

05.03.2021 23:38 PM

Authorities recently said a Swedish orienteering enthusiast working on a map earlier last month stumbled across a mass of around 50 2,500-year-old Bronze Age relics.

Neanderthals Adjusted Well to Cold Climates, Researchers Tell Us How

04.20.2021 02:45 AM

Researchers recently found that Neanderthals were best adjusted to cold climates. To survive the cooler temperature, they use caves for shelter and cooking.

Modern Human Brain Evolved 1.7 Million Years Ago in Africa [Research]

04.13.2021 01:18 AM

The research concludes modern brain evolved around 1.7 million years ago in Africa when the nonexistent human Homoerectus first appeared and the stone tools there became increasingly multifaceted.

DNA Shows Early European Migrants Regularly Interbred with Neanderthals

04.07.2021 21:57 PM

DNA recovered from a woman fossil in Bulgaria showed traces of Neanderthal ancestry, indicating regular interbreeding.

Is There Any Difference Between Today’s Humans, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans?

02.15.2021 20:02 PM

One who analyzes the difference between modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans might not find any sort of noticeable difference, at least for the Neanderthals.

Discovery of More than 40 Teeth in China Challenges Notions About Human Evolution

02.09.2021 00:00 AM

DNA analysis of two human teeth discovered in Fuyan cave proposed that early modern humans existed in China quite early.

Study Suggests Thumbs Helped Evolution Two Million Years Ago

01.28.2021 21:45 PM

New research suggests that opposable thumbs were not exclusive to homo sapiens. In fact, it might have helped early humans evolve as early as 2 million years ago.

Human Evolution Could Be to Blame for Being Prone to Cancer, Study Says

12.15.2020 10:56 AM

Cancer could start almost anywhere in the human body, which is made up of trillions of cells. Evolution may be to blame for the high risk of cancers in humans.

Human Evolution Evidently Taking Place Among Southeast Asian Free Divers

12.14.2020 09:00 AM

Scientists claim that the Bajau people have expanded spleens, which give them the ability to stay longer underwater.

Here’s How Humans Are Still Evolving

12.12.2020 11:00 AM

Human evolution is a long process of change by which people, as the Smithsonian Institution explained, "originated from apelike ancestors."

Are Humans Still Evolving Today?

10.15.2020 07:40 AM

Since ancient times, scientists have kept track of how humans have evolved from the caveman to the modern man. In recent years, they have also uncovered what may be signs of evolution in the human body.

Neanderthal Gene Increases Risk of Severe COVID-19

10.01.2020 08:00 AM

A new study has found that a genetic variant responsible for increased risks of severe COVID-19 is almost identical to those found in a Neanderthal ancestor from southern Europe.

Scientists Are Bringing Back the Human Tail That Evolution Took Away, But Why?

08.15.2019 16:12 PM

Researchers create a robotic tail that mimics those of seahorses. Through thousands of years, all living organisms including humans have undergone evolution.

Was Human Evolution Inevitable or a Chance Occurrence?

07.15.2019 08:24 AM

Human evolution is believed to be a one time chance occurence that would not ever happen again. What would happen if the hands of time were turned back to an arbitrary moment in our history of human evolution, and what if we restarted the clock? American scientist Stephen J.

Fabelle: Extinct Bone in the Human Body Coming Back

04.22.2019 08:16 AM

You can't even begin to grasp biology, you cannot perceive life unless you perceive what it's all there for, however it arose - which means that evolution.-- Richard Dawkins.

New Species of Humans Discovered in the Philippines

04.11.2019 07:52 AM

Recent discovery suggests that a new species of human has been found. International researchers uncovered the ancient remains of two adults and a child on Luzon Island in the Philippines.

Fossils Of Homo Sapiens From Morocco May Change Dates Of Darwin's Theory of Evolution

06.12.2017 04:36 AM

Five fossils of different individuals were found on 1961 by barite miners in Morocco. Now, on a study of a team, the fossils were suspected to be the earliest kind of Homo sapiens than what was already known in the history of evolution.

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