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Found the true origin of humanity?
Genetic similarities between Neanderthals and modern humans are more likely because they shared a common ancestor rather than mating. That is the statement drawn from th…
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Super-continental plant evidence found
The ancestors of cypress trees were once grown on Pangea supercontinent, and witnessed the disintegration of this continent to become the continental system as they are…
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Working cooperation helps people be smarter
Compared to human ancestors, 'smart people' have bigger brains - a mystery that scientists have always wanted to explore. According to researchers in Ireland and Scotlan…
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American ancestors are Siberians
The work of Russian-American scientists has just published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, showing that the closest genetic ancestor of American aborigines co…
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Wrinkling hands is a sign of evolution?
In the eyes of science, the wrinkling of skin when soaking in water for long time is not merely a physical phenomenon, but may be an adaptation to the environment from a…
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The Middle East may be the cradle of humanity
The fact that archaeologists discovered the human remains dating back 400,000 years in Israel could force the scientific community to rewrite the entire evolutionary sto…
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People have eaten fish from 40,000 years ago
At least one of our ancestors regularly used fish as food, according to a recent study.
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'Wall of Africa' makes humans evolve
Science has long been investigating how climate and vegetation affect the evolution of human ancestors in Africa. But now geologists from the University of Utah point us…
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Why do we have two nostrils?
Our underwater ancestors have two front nostrils to fill the nostrils behind and release water. The nose was then used only for breathing, not for smell.
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10 mysteries about prehistoric humans
There is no doubt that a big brain has made people an absolute superiority in this world. But to maintain the brain to function normally, we have to pay an incredible pr…
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Ancestral ancestors
While the ice age covered the earth 30,000 years ago in the ice shelf, in the caves of Gibralta, the Neanderthal caveman eventually found refuge to survive another 10,00…
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People on Earth share a common source?
According to Professor Joseph Chang of Yale University (USA), everyone living on Earth today has common ancestors from people who lived about 3,500 years ago, which can…
Conquer Mars
Claiming to inherit Mars from an ancestor, three men sued NASA for discovery without permission
Not only did they claim to own Mars, these three crazy-looking men also offered to sell land on a red planet with a low price of only $ 2 per square meter.
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Royal tomb area of Joseon Dynasty
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized the Royal Tomb of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea as a World Cultural Heritage in 2009.
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'Beijing gibbon' in Zhoukou Du - China
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized the