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Science news this week: Lucy’s legs and ancient rock art
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis / An image of a rock painting...
Fossil teeth reveal how brains developed in utero over millions of years of human evolution – new...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAny hominid fossil find with molar teeth can be plugged into a new equation that reveals its...
Earth's ancient past might be the road map to discovering extraterrestrial life
SYFY via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Daybreak,” the three-part series finale of the rebooted early 2000s science fiction series...
Cremated remains still hold clues to life and death in the Bronze Age
Popular Science· 8 months agoA Late Bronze Age urn from Austria in roughly 1400-1300 BCE, containing cremated human remains....
Researchers find evidence that primitive human species used fire
The Hill via AOL· 1 year agoRemnants of fireplaces found in the Rising Star caves in South Africa suggest homo naledi, a...
‘Face of the first European’: Archeologists in Spain may have found continent’s oldest human fossil
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoArchaeologists in Spain claimed to have found what could be the oldest human fossil unearthed in...
Ancient skull found in China is from 'third kind of human'
Yahoo News UK· 9 months agoThe skull has unusual features. (Journal of Human Evolution) Journal of Human Evolution A skull...
Horses once had multiple hoofed toes
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMost of the ancestors of present-day horses had three toes that touched the ground. While both humans and horses can sport shoes, our equine friends...
Stone tools found in Ukraine turn out to be oldest in Europe after scientists establish their age –...
Ukrayinska Pravda via Yahoo News· 2 months agoStone tools that are about 1.4 million years old have been found in Ukraine. Archaeologists claim...
12-million-year-old ape skull bares its fangs in virtual reconstruction
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFrom left, the Pierolapithecus cranium shortly after discovery, after initial preparation, and after...