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Discovered the 5,000-year-old ancestor of the living
Scientists say it has established a genetic link between three North American women, one of whom died 5,000 years ago, one 2,500 years ago, and the other still alive.
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2012: What do we know about humanity?
2012 has officially closed with countless scientific discoveries that help us - people are better about their own species.
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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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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…
World Heritage
'Beijing gibbon' in Zhoukou Du - China
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized the
Oceanography
Human ancestors are jellyfish?
There has long been a related theory of human origins with sponges, but new genetic research shows that a jellyfish-like species is likely to be the origin of every crea…
Archeology
New archaeological findings in North Africa may
Scientists recently published archaeological findings in Algeria with many animal and stone tools showing that not only East Africa, but all of Africa, is the cradle of…
Archeology
Carnivorous dinosaurs make people vulnerable to ultraviolet rays
According to the Current Biology magazine, when hunting human ancestors, carnivorous dinosaurs can affect our bodies without the protection against ultraviolet radiation.
Archeology
Secret discovery of half a million years changed the history of humanity
The multinational archaeological team led by Richard Owen, a scientist from Hong Kong Baptist University, has deciphered the interesting secret related to the modern hum…
Archeology
Why did human ancestors win the evolution race?
According to the latest research, it is the adaptation to many different types of weather that makes the smart people win the race to evolve species.
Archeology
Stressful life makes people stand upright
When comparing chimpanzees - relatives of humans, living in dense forests and savanna, scientists recognize many difficulties of primitive people when changing their hab…
Archeology
Evidence of the arrival of Philippine islanders 700,000 years ago
According to scientists' writings, scattered stone tools in heaps of hippopotamus show that they came to the Philippines archipelago about 709,000 years ago.
Archeology
Human ancestors migrated around the world much earlier than we thought
For thousands of years, Homo Sapiens first crossed mountains, deserts and oceans to Africa.
Archeology
We have become more extinct with the Neanderthals than we thought
A newly excavated 52,000-year-old piece of bone in Croatia has revealed more about the origins of humanity.
Archeology
Footprints of 5.7 million years in Greece challenge evolution theory
Scientists with the discovery of Australopithecus fossils in southern and eastern Africa in the mid-20th century have suggested that human origins originate in Africa.