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New Science Study Says Natural Sugars Played a Major Role in Human Brain Growth

This model quantifies how simple sugars could have met rising brain glucose needs, reshaping scientific views on Paleolithic diets.

Study Says 'Hobbits' Scavenged Komodo Dragon Kills, Not Big-Game Hunters

Study Finds Healthy, Connected Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe Before Extinction

Study Finds Northwest European Neanderthals Were Connected and Not Genetically Collapsing

Major Hominin Body‑Size Jump Identified Around 2 Million Years Ago

Study Dates Homo erectus Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave to 1.07–1.79 Million Years Ago

Bipedalism and Brain Expansion Explain Why Most Humans Are Right‑Handed

Study Links Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Brain Expansion

Study Ties Human Right-Handedness to Bipedalism and Bigger Brains

Ancient Tooth Proteins Hint at Links Between Chinese Homo Erectus and Denisovans

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Ancient DNA Study Finds 479 Human Gene Variants Shaped by Selection

Ancient DNA Study Finds Recent Selection Shaped Hundreds of Human Genes

PNAS Nexus Study Argues Human Grammar Evolved to Showcase Wit

New Species Crocodylus lucivenator, Likely Predator of 'Lucy,' Described From Ethiopia

Yunxian Homo Erectus Skulls Re-Dated to About 1.77 Million Years

New Study Finds Human Chin Is an Evolutionary Byproduct

Study Links Humans’ Use of Fire to Evolution in Burn-Response Genes

Oldest, Most Complete Homo Habilis Skeleton Described From Kenya

Moroccan Hominin Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Bolster African Roots of the Homo Sapiens Lineage