Archeology
Meat is the driving force of evolution
Scientists explained that human ancestors began to use meat as food about 1.5 million years ago, meaning much earlier than current theories.
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Archeology
Discovered 500 million-year-old insect has brain
Fossils discovered in mudstone in Yunnan Province, China are Fuxianhuia protensa, ancient ancestors of arthropods today. They appeared in the Cambrian period dating back…
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Surprise with the favorite dish of the ancient people
The giant panda, the animal known as the
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Fossil detection of the first mammal
An almost complete fossil of a scale-sized anteater, like a badger, dates back to the early mammal early on in Mongolia, according to a report by the Vertebrate Paleonto…
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Humanity comes from the mountain forests?
The nearest ancestor of a human lineage may have lived through the day by eating leaves, berries and bark of mountain forests instead of a grass-based menu as other exti…
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See the most intact skeleton of human ancestors
On July 12, South African scientists said they had discovered an almost intact skeleton of the Southern ape, considered to be the closest relative to human ancestors. Al…
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The miserable diet of human ancestors
The new study suggests that human ancestors 2 million years ago had an extremely miserable diet, primarily chewing bark and leaves to survive the day. The results of Aus…
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Discovered ancestor species of tentacles
Using 3D scanning technology, a team of experts from the Austrian Museum of Natural History found the fossil of the creature, named Dissimilites intermedius. Then, they…
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Humans are originally from Asia?
Newly excavated fossils in Myanmar show that the ancestors of humans, the apes and the first origin from Asia then migrated to Africa. According to archaeologists, the n…
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New discovery: Human ancestors are sharks
Humans evolved from a prehistoric shark 300 million years ago, scientists said. The prehistoric fish called Acanthodes bronni is the ancestor of many vertebrate animals…
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The answer to the mystery of the evolutionary origin of the turtle
Scientists claim to have found an answer to a long-standing mystery about the evolution of animals when it is said that turtles are close relatives to crocodiles and bir…
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The mysterious Gene made the ancient people talk
Now, researchers believe that they have explained the missing link in the evolutionary chain: a double gene named SRGAP2, which appears in the gibbon population about 2.…
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Chinese pandas are originally from Europe
With the discovery of fossil teeth belonging to the relatives of giant Chinese pandas today, scientists believe that the ancestors of giant pandas could have originated…
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Detecting fossils of human bones living on trees
American scientists have discovered fossil bones fossil of prehistoric Australopithecus afarensis living 3.9-1.9 million years ago. This person may be the direct ancesto…
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Fire may appear 1 million years ago
Human ancestors first gathered around the fire 1 million years ago, 300,000 years earlier than the previous theory.