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Fossil teeth push the human-Neandertal split back to about 1 million years ago
A study of fossilized teeth shifts the age of the last common ancestor between Neandertals and humans.
By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, May 15, 2019
jaw bone
News | Anthropology
A jawbone shows Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau long before humans
By Bruce Bower | 1:00pm, May 01, 2019
Tokyo
Reviews & Previews | Anthropology
‘Cities’ reveals common ground between ancient and modern urban life
By Bruce Bower | 5:00am, April 16, 2019
Philippines cave
News | Anthropology
A new hominid species has been found in a Philippine cave, fossils suggest
By Bruce Bower | 1:00pm, April 10, 2019
Hyksos palace ruins
News in Brief | Anthropology
Foreigners may have conquered ancient Egypt without invading it
By Bruce Bower | 11:57am, April 02, 2019
Denisova Cave
News | Anthropology
The first known fossil of a Denisovan skull has been found in a Siberian cave
By Bruce Bower | 11:01am, March 29, 2019
a composite photo of two skulls showing differences in overbites
News | Anthropology
The rise of farming altered our bite and changed how people talk
By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, March 14, 2019
King Richard III’s bones
Reviews & Previews | Anthropology
‘Skeleton Keys’ unlocks the history and mysteries of bones
By Sid Perkins | 6:00am, March 08, 2019
chimpanzees
News | Anthropology
Human encroachment threatens chimpanzee culture
By Sujata Gupta | 2:44pm, March 07, 2019
rabbit bones
News in Brief | Anthropology
Hominids may have hunted rabbits as far back as 400,000 years ago
By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, March 06, 2019
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