early humans
Fossils of a 12-Foot-Tall, 1000-Pound Bird Found in Crimea
Pachystruthio dmanisensis was three times the size of modern ostriches.
This Is the Oldest Drawing by Humans Ever Found
Dating back 73,000 years, the drawing smashes the record for oldest figurative drawing by about 30,000 years.
A Hybrid of Humanity's Closest Relatives Has Been Identified From 50,000-Year-Old Bone
While we know early humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans interbred, this specimen is a unique first-generation Neanderthal-Denisovan offspring.
The Oldest Bread Ever Found Dates Back 14,400 Years and Predates Agriculture
The discovery suggests that Natufian hunter-gatherers baked bread from wild grains long before it was cultivated from crops.
Our Early Ancestors Evolved the Ability to Process Alcohol 10 Million Years Ago
And what that means for alcoholics.
The Oldest Human Poop Ever Discovered Reveals What Neanderthals Ate
The 50,000-year-old sample was collected by hand.
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Neanderthals Weren't Dumb
There's nothing in the fossil record or in archaeological finds that suggests Neanderthals were in any way inferior to modern humans of the time.
Neanderthals Had Sex with Everybody, and Other Findings from a New DNA Sequence
Neanderthals interbred with at least three other hominin species.