Tag: Pleistocene
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160,000-Year-Old Stone Tools in China Challenge Homo Sapiens
New Evidence Pushes Back the Timeline for Stone Tool Technology Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable set of stone tools in what is now China dating back around 160,000 years. The find suggests that sophisticated toolmaking occurred in East Asia far earlier than many previous assessments, and it raises possibility that the tools were not made…
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Handy Discoveries: Indonesia’s Handprint Cave Art Could Be the World’s Oldest
Uncovering a Paleolithic Milestone In a largely unexplored region of Indonesia, scientists have stumbled upon a collection of red-brown handprints and abstract markings painted on cave walls. The discovery, explained by a collaboration between Indonesian researchers and Australian experts, suggests that this site may house some of the oldest known cave art in the world.…
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New Insight Into Early Human Migration Unearthed by MWU Research Team
Groundbreaking fossil sheds light on early human movement A collaborative international study led by Karen Baab, Ph.D., a renowned faculty researcher in the Department of Anatomy at Midwestern University, has unveiled a compelling new insight into how early humans migrated out of Africa and across ancient landscapes. The team analyzed an exceptionally well-preserved 1.5-million-year-old fossil…
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Ancient RNA Reveals Mammoth’s Final Moments: New Window into an Extinct Giant
Unlocking a Silent Record: RNA from a 40,000-Year-Old Mammoth In a groundbreaking advance for paleogenomics, researchers have recovered RNA molecules from a mammoth that vanished about 40,000 years ago. This discovery adds a new dimension to our understanding of extinct megafauna, offering a biological snapshot that complements fossil records. Unlike DNA, RNA carries information about…
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First-of-its-kind ‘butt drag fossil’ found in South Africa hints at a fuzzy elephant-relative 126,000 years ago
Introduction: A surprising fossil sheds new light on Africa’s ancient fauna A rare fossil discovery in South Africa is rewriting what scientists know about prehistoric mammals. Dubbed the first-of-its-kind “butt drag fossil,” researchers say the specimen reveals how an ancient, furry relative of today’s elephants moved across rocky terrains more than a hundred thousand years…