New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

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A small collection of 21 teeth may have big implications for the evolution of humans in Asia. The dentition, which comes from a mystery human ancestor that lived at least 300,000 years ago in China, ...

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Researchers believe the reconstructed million-year-old skull belonged to the Homo longi species discovered in 2021 - Copyright EUREKALERT!/AFP/File CHUANG Zhao ...

A fossil cranium, which is around 1 million years old and was initially believed to belong to Homo erectus, is now thought to be part of the Asian longi clade, closely linked to the Denisovans, which ...

For decades, the dominant theory in human evolution suggested that modern humans descended from a single ancestral lineage in Africa. However, groundbreaking new research from the University of ...

Analysis - Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about ...

Scientists have uncovered a “hidden chapter” in the history of human evolution and it turns out it’s much more complex than previously thought. It’s known that modern day humans, known scientifically ...

Homo juluensis was identified as a possible new human species that lived in eastern Asia about 300,000 years ago and vanished ...