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A single mutation produced several traits common in East Asian peoples, from thicker hair to denser sweat glands, according to researchers.
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A new look at a fossilized bone fragment found buried deep in the soil of a Serbian cave is causing scientists to reconsider what happened during a critical period in human development.
Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 19:04
A new analysis of the past 12 million years of vegetation change in the cradle of humanity is challenging long-held beliefs about the world in which our ancestors took shape - and, by extension, the impact it had on them.
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A series of rapid environmental changes in East Africa roughly two-million-years ago may have driven the human evolution, according to researchers.
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A new, comprehensive review of humans’ anthropological and genetic records has provided the most up-to-date story of the “Out of Africa” expansion that occurred about 45,000 to 60,000 years ago.
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Modern humans may not have come from one place in Africa but may have descended from a diverse group of ancestors, a new research has claimed, challenging the single-origin theory.
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In a significant development in evolutionary studies, scientists have found that human beings evolved from a prehistoric shark which existed more than 300 million years ago.
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Meat eating helped early humans to spread more quickly across the world and had a profound effect on human evolution, scientists say.
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Scientists have sequenced the genome of the gorilla and say it gives new insights into differences between the apes and humans.
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The disappearance of elephants 400,000 years ago led to the appearance of modern humans in the Middle East.
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Climate change is actually beneficial for human evolution as it fosters better adaptation capabilities.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 17:21
Scientists have claimed that human evolution also occurred outside Africa, after they found evidence that people in East Asia share genetic material with Denisovans.
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