Tag: Homo sapiens
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Ancient Tools in China Suggest Sophisticated Skills Precede Homo sapiens by 160,000 Years
New Findings Push Back the Dawn of Advanced Tool Making Archaeologists have unveiled a remarkable discovery in what is now China: sophisticated stone tools dating to about 160,000 years ago. The findings, unearthed at a site where early humans inhabited the landscape, suggest that the development of complex tool technology may have occurred much earlier…
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Fossils in Morocco bolster Africa-origin of Homo sapiens
New Moroccan fossils push back the timeline for human origins Fresh fossil discoveries in Morocco are reshaping the long-running debate about where Homo sapiens first emerged. Scientists announced that remains dating to more than 773,000 years ago bolster the theory that Africa is the cradle of our species. The findings come from meticulous excavations at…
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Fossils in Morocco Rekindle Debate on Africa as Humanity’s Cradle
New Findings from Morocco Point to Africa as the Cradle of Humankind Scientists have announced fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years, reinforcing the long-standing theory that Homo sapiens first emerged in Africa. The discovery adds a crucial piece to the complex puzzle of human evolution, suggesting that the roots of our…
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Lead Exposure May Have Gave Ancient Humans an Edge Over Neanderthals
Lead Exposure: A Surprising Thread in Human Evolution Lead is commonly painted as a modern toxin, but a provocative new study suggests the metal has haunted humanity for nearly 2 million years. More striking still, episodic exposure to lead might have given Homo sapiens an evolutionary nudge over Neanderthals and other early relatives. By examining…
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Yunxian 2 Skull Rewrites the Human Evolution Timeline
New insights from Yunxian 2 A crushed skull discovered in China in 1990, nicknamed Yunxian 2, is at the center of a breakthrough that could reshape how we understand human origins. Using a combination of computed tomography (CT), structured-light imaging, and advanced virtual reconstruction, researchers built a complete model of the skull and compared it…
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Million-Year-Old Skull Could Alter the Timeline of Human Evolution
A skull that could rewrite human history A digital reconstruction of a shattered skull unearthed in China in 1990, nicknamed Yunxian 2, is challenging long-held ideas about when and where humans split from their ancient relatives. Previously classified as Homo erectus, the fossil now appears to share features with later relatives such as Homo longi…