Archeology
Japanese people carry DNA from 3 different human species
A study based on more than 3,200 modern Japanese human gene sequences has found genetic elements inherited from two extinct human species.
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Archeology
When did people start wearing 'clothes'?
According to archaeologists, they found evidence of the earliest time human ancestors were not 'naked' in archaeological areas such as Gran Dolina in the Atapuerca Mount…
Archeology
There are only 1,300 people left in the world: The 'apocalyptic' escape is real!
We Homo sapiens would not have existed in the world if it were not for the spectacular escape of our ancestors 900,000 years ago.
History
Are the Mayan ancestors really aliens?
The Maya civilization is one of the oldest and mysterious civilizations in the world, descended from a people full of wisdom. The Maya civilization distributed in the ju…
Archeology
The angry Minion-like anusless creature is not the earliest ancestor of mankind
A 2017 study concluded that an angry Minion-like microscopic creature without an anus was the earliest human ancestor.
Archeology
Decoding the mystery: Since when did our ancestors become warm-blooded animals?
The origin of endothermia in mammals is one of the great unsolved mysteries of paleontology.
Archeology
The strange sea monster can be the 'ancestor' of all creatures on the planet
Strange creatures lurking deep in the Earth's oceans more than half a billion years ago, it seems to be
Archeology
This fish-like creature could be an ancient human ancestor
A mysterious extinct creature that once baffled scientists has finally found its place in the tree of life.
Archeology
Does farming make human ancestors shorter?
Our ancestors became shorter when they switched from hunter-gatherers to farming 12,000 years ago.
Space science
Telescope captures 'monster king' through space 13 billion years
An image more than 13 billion years ago from an ancestor of monstrous black holes was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
History
The extinction of the Neanderthals was not caused by our ancestors overnight!
New fossils are challenging the idea that modern humans wiped out Neanderthals shortly after leaving Africa.
Archeology
'Mermaid' hidden in ourselves: Bring fish to the teeth
The jaws of human ancestors evolved from fish gills to become strong, flexible, better adapted to the environment and gradually become a superior life form.
Archeology
New research shows that blue-eyed people have a single common ancestor
New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen has identified a genetic mutation that occurred 6 to…
Animal world
Chinchilla - The cat with the biggest eyes in the world
Chinchilla cats are native to Great Britain, their ancestors are Angora cats and Persian cats
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Discover the 50,000-year-old 'ancestral' social network of Facebook, TikTok in Africa
It seems that tens of thousands of years ago, the people of Africa made social connections without the need for Facebook, Twitter, TikTok or any modern communication pla…