Ancient teeth hint at canoodling between early human relatives

The exact relationships between all these early human relatives are still a bit murky. It could be that H. erectus is ...
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Homo erectus genetic material sequenced for first time shows deep genetic links with modern humans

A new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human ...

New Research Shows How the Earliest Humans Got Their Meat

But for earlier humans, meat consumption appeared to be a critical, yet somewhat poorly understood, contributor to ...
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Early humans were prey, not predators, study finds

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

The story of the first human tool that might not be a weapon, scientists say it was far more important

When people imagine the earliest human tools, they usually picture weapons. Stone handaxes, sharpened spears and heavy clubs ...
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Early humans relied on simple stone tools for 300,000 years in a changing east African landscape

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...
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Early humans adapted to extreme habitats. Researchers say it set the stage for global migration

WASHINGTON — Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern age.