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An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...

Where did we come from? The BBC docuseries ‘Human’ is an exhilarating origin story

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series ...

Volcanoes can help us untangle the evolution of humans—here's how

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

Fossils show two types of ancient human ancestors lived at the same place and time. One was possibly an unknown species

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...
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Ancient viral DNA may play a key role in early human development, new study suggests

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...