Anthropology.net
MARCH 18, 2025
For decades, the story of modern human origins seemed relatively straightforward: Homo sapiens emerged in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago, evolving as a single, continuous lineage before expanding across the globe. These groups were apart for a million years—longer than modern humans have been on the planet."
Anthropology.net
MARCH 14, 2025
Few traits define humanity as clearly as language. Yet, despite its central role in human evolution, determining when and how language first emerged remains a challenge. Every human society on Earth has language, and all human languages share core structural features. But we don’t.
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Anthropology.net
MARCH 26, 2025
In contrast, modern humans have relatively smaller, flatter faces with retracted midfaces and more delicate bone structures. How Faces Grow: A Comparative Approach At birth, Neanderthals already have larger midfaces than modern humans. For decades, researchers have debated the evolutionary forces behind these differences.
Anthropology.net
JANUARY 23, 2025
Between 45,000 and 29,000 years ago, early human activity not only altered landscapes but also reshaped the complex web of interactions between scavengers and prey. Large predators, such as hyenas and cave lions, were gradually displaced, while smaller scavengers like foxes and birds thrived in human-dominated environments.
Anthropology.net
MARCH 18, 2025
For decades, archaeologists have puzzled over one of humanity’s most crucial technological leaps—when and how early humans began making sharp stone tools. Credit: Archaeometry (2025). Credit: Archaeometry (2025). Eren, and Alastair Key). DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13075 Image by Michelle R. Bebber and Metin I.
Anthropology.net
JANUARY 21, 2025
A New Chapter in Early Human Dispersal The story of humanity's expansion out of Africa has long been marked by unanswered questions about the timing, routes, and survival of early hominins in Eurasia. Reconstructing the Past: Climate and Ecology A Temperate and Seasonal Habitat The study doesn’t stop at human behavior.
Anthropology.net
JANUARY 27, 2025
A Quest for Our Earliest Stories Myths and legends have always been windows into the human psyche, revealing our fears, dreams, and attempts to understand the world. Yet, could these stories also encode the history of humanity’s migrations and interactions?
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