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Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought

A fossil discovery in northern Ethiopia expands the known range of Paranthropus, a genus of strong-jawed hominins that lived around 2 million years ago, and suggests they lived in a range of habitats

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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The woolly rhino

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Woolly rhino genome recovered from meat in frozen wolf pup’s stomach

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Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a Miocene ape

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Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?

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2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

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The bones arranged in the approximate anatomical position of the right foot

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Ancient human foot bones shed light on how two species coexisted

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Kissing may have evolved in an ape ancestor 21 million years ago

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New Denisovan discovery could rewrite our family tree

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New Denisovan discovery could rewrite our family tree

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Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins

The Omo-Turkana basin in Africa is home to a treasure trove of ancient human fossils and tools that span 300,000 years – today it is still yielding new discoveries about our species

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Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite?

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Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

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Ancient lead exposure may have influenced how our brains evolved

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Early hominin had human-like dexterity and gorilla strength

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