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.
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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
Fossils show that modern people come to Asia earlier than Europe
Fossil teeth found in a cave in southern China show that ancient people from Africa migrated to Asia tens of thousands of years earlier than Europe.
Archeology
Explain the viability of humanity on Earth
Humans have existed with some of the others, but so far we are the only species alive on Earth.
Archeology
Discover the oldest traces of modern Europeans
The group of international archaeologists on September 22 said the excavation of an archaeological site in Austria has shown that it is the place to keep the oldest trac…
Archeology
The discovery of the ability to exchange genes between ancient humans
According to the British journal Nature, a group of international scientists with Russian involvement confirms that modern humans may be descended from some ancient huma…
Archeology
Descendants of modern people and extinct people show up
Scientists believe they have found the first evidence of mating behavior between Nealderthals and our ancestors.
Archeology
Detecting modern human individual fossils 40,000 years old
A relative from Tianyuan Cave: a human being who lived 40,000 years ago seems to be a relative of many Asians and native Americans today.
Archeology
Prehistoric people painted animals more beautiful than modern people
A new study shows that prehistoric people living in caves draw four-legged animals better than today's artists.
Archeology
The story of our ancestors' love with extinct people
The last mating between Neanderthals was extinct with modern people taking place from 47,000 to 65,000 years ago.
Archeology
Which hand is Neanderthal?
Most Neanderthals are right-handed like modern humans, and this shows the possibility
Archeology
When did the modern people appear?
The jaw fragment was found in a prehistoric cave in Torquay, the earliest evidence to show the emergence of modern humans in northwestern Europe, the scientists said.
Archeology
It is hard to have sex between Neanderthals and modern people
Scientists have shown that modern human genes have some traces of Neanderthals, but a recent study (September 12, 2011) shows that sex between the two strains is a rare…
Archeology
Modern people have a new ancestor
The discovery of a 30,000-year-old fossil proved that Neanderthals and modern humans are not the only human species on Earth.
Archeology
Modern people use fire to make stone tools from 72000 years ago
Evidence that early modern people living in the southern tip of Africa's coast 72,000 years ago used fire control techniques to increase the efficiency and quality of th…