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10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025
Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful of teeth found at the Ledi-Geraru site in Ethiopia suggest that diverse ...
The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...
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1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus face was just reconstructed — and its mix of old and new traits is complicating the picture of human evolution
Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...
A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.
Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...
A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...
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