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The Prehistoric ‘Ötzi The Iceman’ Mummy May Have Just Upended Experts’ Theories About The Origins Of HPV

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

Archaeologists find earliest known use of poison-laced weapons by humans

Peculiar 60,000-year-old Stone Age arrowheads unearthed in South Africa could be the earliest known use of poison-laced ...
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Prehistoric Humans In England Started Making Prettier Axes 500,000 Years Ago – And May Have Started Talking Too

“The pronounced increase in biface knapping skill evident from around half a million years ago in Britain may reflect a ...
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Prehistoric wolves may have lived with humans long before dogs, new study suggests

A remarkable discovery on a remote Swedish island is reshaping what scientists know about early human–wolf relationships and the origins of domestication.
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Prehistoric humans may have used fire to smoke meat one million years ago, study suggests

Over time, as the availability of large game declined, humans had to adapt to hunting smaller animals and using fire more consistently. A groundbreaking study by researchers at Tel Aviv University ...

Ancient Humans Left a Bigger Ecological Footprint Than Scientists Thought

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...
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Prehistoric Humans Lit Fires to Smoke Meat a Million Years Ago

For centuries, we’ve asked ourselves when (and why) our ancestors first tamed fire. Was it to roast food, make light, warm the cold? A new study from Tel Aviv University offers a provocative twist: ...

Early Humans Relied On Simple Stone Tools For 300,000 Years In A Changing East African Landscape

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 ...
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Science recap: This week’s discoveries include new clues from the fossil skull of a mysterious human species

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Tens of thousands of years ago, our species — Homo sapiens — ...
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Prehistoric skull analysis suggests humanity began 400K years earlier than once believed

HUBEI, China (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - The reexamination of a prehistoric skull led researchers to believe that humanity may have began 400,000 years earlier than previously thought. A badly crushed ...
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Ancient wolves on remote Baltic Sea island reveal link to prehistoric humans

Scientists have found wolf remains, thousands of years old, on a small, isolated island in the Baltic Sea—a place where the animals could only have been brought by humans. The study, published in ...
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Humans made groundbreaking discovery 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, scientists say

Archaeologists have made a discovery that could challenge everything we know about human development. Footage shows scientists examining an excavation site of a 400,000-year-old pond sediment in ...