Archeology
The reason the human ancestors gave up cannibalism
The new study shows that human flesh has less nutritional value than other animals, while much harder to hunt for prehistoric humans.
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Archeology
Why do we humans eat meat now?
The story of people becoming ambitious carnivores began 65 million years ago.
Archeology
Discovered human beings once had two tails
People in evolution have lost their tails. However, a recent study shows that we have lost the tail, not just one but twice.
Archeology
Human ancestors can walk with their legs but most still live on trees
This is probably the trade-off between muscle development and brain size during human evolution.
Archeology
Find out the cause of Lucy's death
According to the Sun, world media today unveiled the announcement of American scientists about the cause of Lucy's death - the human ancestor after 42 years of no explan…
Archeology
Indonesia's ancient dwarf was wiped out by human ancestors?
According to a recent study, prehistoric dwarfs who lived in Indonesia many thousands of years ago may have been wiped out by the first modern humans.
Archeology
Humans inherit good genes from ancient Neanderthals
The ancient Neanderthal breed has left modern humans (Homo sapien) not only some good genes against disease, but also their allergies.
Archeology
Portrait of human ancestors
The Natural History Museum Senckenberg in Frankfurt, Germany has exhibited
Archeology
Human ancestors have tentacles?
The common ancestor of all human beings can own tentacles, according to the latest research by a Russian scientist.
Archeology
The human ancestors lived about 239,000 years ago?
By identifying the DNA sequence of 2636 inhabitants in Iceland, scientists have identified the role of gene mutations for all diseases that modern humans may have. At th…
Archeology
Evolution helps people drink alcohol
Human ancestors evolved to consume ethanol in fermented fruits about 10 million years ago, before modern humans knew how to produce alcohol.
Archeology
Climate change changes the evolution of mankind
Ancient ancestors of humanity had to cope with climate change to survive droughts, cold and flooding.
Archeology
Why do the ancient ancestors of human beings walk on two legs?
The hominin, our ancient ancestor, must be attracted by the terrain of the rocky uplands and these topographic canyons giving them shelter and many opportunities to trap…
Archeology
Discover the earliest ancestors of humankind
Scientists have found the world's oldest surviving primitive skeleton, considered the first ancestor, containing missing links in human evolution.
Archeology
New shocking disclosure of human ancestors
The new theory of evolution is highly controversial, including the hypothesis that human ancestors were aquatic primates that had more authentic evidence.