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Channel Islands Finds Reignite Debate Over Coastal Migration

A new documentary argues preserved 13,000-year-old island remains make a coastal 'kelp highway' migration to North America plausible.

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

Science Study Finds Neandertal–Human Pairings Skewed Toward Neandertal Men and Modern Women

Oldest Known Wooden Tools Found in Greece, Dated to 430,000 Years

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to A. deyiremeda, Reveals Coexistence With A. afarensis

Nature Study Ties Burtele Foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, Confirms Coexistence With Lucy’s Species

New Ethiopian Fossils Link 3.4-Million-Year-Old ‘Burtele Foot’ to Australopithecus deyiremeda

Rebuilt Million-Year-Old Skull Recasts Early Human Family Tree

Fossil Teeth in Ethiopia Point to Oldest Homo and a Possible New Australopithecus

Ledi-Geraru Teeth Reveal Unnamed Australopithecus Coexisting With Early Homo

Ethiopian Fossil Teeth Reveal Early Homo and Unnamed Australopithecus Coexisted

Behavioral Drive Preceded Dental Evolution in Early Hominins

Forensic Police Authenticate 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint in Spain

1.4-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Oldest Human Face in Western Europe