Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that shaped the human story
EVERY person alive on the planet today is descended from people who lived as hunter-gatherers in Africa. Authors ELIZABETH SAWCHUK,
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Homo sapiens
Older date for Ethiopian fossils sheds light on rise of Homo sapiens
WILL DUNHAM VOLCANIC ash left over from a huge ancient eruption has helped scientists determine that important early Homo sapiens
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Archaeology in West Africa could rewrite the textbooks on human evolution
OUR species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known
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