Lucy’s Feet Were Arched and Stiff, Just Like Ours

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How did Lucy walk? Although the famous 3.2-million-year-old skeleton shows that she was undoubtedly an upright walker, our incomplete knowledge…

More African Genomes are Being Sequenced to Increase the Diversity of Genomic Data

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About 30 million or so people have had their DNA sequenced in the 20 years after the first human genome…

Neanderthal genes helped our ancestors adjust to ‘Winter Time’

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A group of American researchers have found evidence that genes derived from Neanderthals helped ancient people adapt to a new…

Neanderthals, Denisovans, And Modern Humans Might Have Intermingled

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The Southern Caspian Corridor may have been a human hotspot. The southern shore of the Caspian Sea may have provided…

Neandertals hunted dangerous prey. How they killed them.

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Neandertals were skilled hunters. Many archaeological sites show their ability to kill large mammals like bison, horse, and red deer.…

New evidence is revealing the ages of death, birth, and menarche in Neandertals

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Analysis of dental cementum is yielding new insights into the ages when ancient people faced significant physiological stresses. Reconstruction of…

Chimpanzees have their own language — and scientists just learned how they put “words” together

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The discovery of a chimp group's 390-word "language" has profound implications for the evolution of human speech Three chimpanzees sitting…

Why are we digging Rakhigarhi a 9th time? This Harappan site is a gift that keeps giving

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The current excavation season aims to unearth the many land-use patterns within the limits of the seven mounds at Rakhigarhi…

Waqf boards are India’s big urban landlords. But whose interest are they serving?

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Waqf boards are the third largest landowners in India, after Armed Forces and Railways. But India's Muslim community is still…

Dancing Shiva in Samarkand: Central Asian traders spread Hinduism, Buddhism along Silk Road

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800 years before Babur, Hindu gods were worshipped by merchant diasporas in Central Asia. Wall Paintings in the Palace at…