A new study suggests that a hidden genetic mismatch between Neanderthals and early modern humans may have caused reproductive issues in their hybrid offspring—possibly contributing to the Neanderthals’ extinction around 40,000 years ago. Researchers at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine in Zurich examined the PIEZO1 gene, which affects how red blood cells transport oxygen. While […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A recent study published in PLOS One reveals that Neanderthals and early modern humans began to reshape Europe’s ecosystems tens of thousands of years before the rise of agriculture. Rather than being passive foragers in an unspoiled wilderness, these early populations actually influenced vegetation patterns across the continent. The international research team, comprising archaeologists, ecologists, […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new study published in Science Advances suggests that humans and their ancestors were exposed to lead nearly two million years ago — and that this toxic element may have shaped the evolution of our brains and language. An international team led by researchers from the University of California San Diego and Southern Cross University […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A new multidisciplinary study led by the National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH), in collaboration with IPHES-CERCA and other institutes, challenges conventional assumptions about the role of scavenging in human evolution. In a study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, the researchers argue that the consumption of carrion was not a marginal […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
A recently analyzed set of 1.5-million-year-old Kenyan fossils has provided the most complete view yet of the anatomy of Paranthropus boisei, an ancient hominin known for its massive jaw and teeth. The fossils, discovered near Lake Turkana between 2019 and 2021, include hand, wrist, and foot bones, and fragments of a skull and teeth. They […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
You may have read this in the September Labour Affairs. This version has a few extras. Falsifying Darwin, Feeding the Rich Vanity and Defeat in the 1970s Big Dominant Creatures Not Really Winners ‘…| Gwydion Madawc Williams
Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech — not evolution — is responsible for humanity’s complex societies and achievements. From Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced Read More ›Source| Books – Discovery Institute
From tribal hunts to Stonehenge and into the modern day, the peer instinct helps humans coordinate their efforts and learning.| Big Think
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