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Gut microbes may have shaped how primate brains evolved

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...
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Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, Morocco

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery has started to unravel. How 2025 tipped the scales

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...
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The top human evolution discoveries of 2025, from the intriguing Neanderthal diet to the oldest Western European face fossil

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...
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Fossil reveals the earliest evidence of human-like walking

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

New evidence of the possible coexistence of two separate early human species

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...
Ancient Origins

Lucy May Not Be Our Direct Human Ancestor After All

Revolutionary fossil evidence from Ethiopia is challenging decades of scientific consensus about human origins. New discoveries suggest that the famous Lucy fossil, long considered a direct ancestor ...