Read more about the article Ancient Stone Age Human Tools Could Have Been Made By Monkeys, Says Study
Image shows an example of a long-tailed macaque using a stone tool to access food, undated photo. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the city of Leipzig, Germany, claimed that some accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts. ( Lydia V. Luncz/Newsflash)

Ancient Stone Age Human Tools Could Have Been Made By Monkeys, Says Study

New research into ancient tools has revealed that cutting stones once believed to be made by early humans could actually have been the work of monkeys. Scientists from the Max…

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Read more about the article Ray Of Light On Jaws’ 150-Million-Year-Old Ancestor
Image shows a palaeoreconstruction of the Solnhofen Archipelago 150 million years ago showing Protospinax annectans and the Jurassic ray Asterodermus platypterus, undated photo. Researchers at the University of Vienna, Austria, found out that the Jurassic shark was very developed. (Manuel Andreas Staggl/Newsflash)

Ray Of Light On Jaws’ 150-Million-Year-Old Ancestor

Evolutionary biologists have apparently solved the mystery of the missing link between modern-day sharks and rays. A new study of fossils dating back 150 million years of a Jurassic fish…

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Read more about the article Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates
Image shows Bronze Age family harvesting grain, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, got new insights into Bronze Age marriage rules and family structures in Greece. (Nikola Nevenov/Newsflash)

Ancient Greeks Married First Cousins To Protect Their Estates

Ancient Greeks kept their estates and farmlands together by arranging for first cousins to marry each other, a new study has revealed. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…

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Read more about the article The 99-Million-Year-Old Snail Which Used Hairs To Make It Sexy
Image shows the hairy snail, undated photo. It was discovered in a 99-million-year-old amber: Archaeocyclotus brevivillosus sp. nov by scientists in Germany in October 2022. (Senckenberg/Newsflash)

The 99-Million-Year-Old Snail Which Used Hairs To Make It Sexy

Scientists have discovered a tiny ancient snail that could have used hairs sprouting out of its shell to help it find mates. The creature was found in a 99 million-year-old…

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Read more about the article Neanderthal Dad And Daughter Unearthed
Image shows a Neandertal father and his daughter, undated photo. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in the city of Leipzig, Germany analysed genomes of 13 Neanderthals. (Tom Bjorklund/Newsflash)

Neanderthal Dad And Daughter Unearthed

Remains of the first-ever Neanderthal family have been discovered in a cave in Russia 54,000 years after they lived. Scientists using DNA analysis unearthed a father, his teenage daughter, what…

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Read more about the article Genetic Study Provides New Insights Into Anglo-Saxon Migrations From Continental Europe To England
Image shows grave goods from inhumation grave 3532 at Issendorf cemetery, undated photo. (Landesmuseum Hannover/Newsflash)

Genetic Study Provides New Insights Into Anglo-Saxon Migrations From Continental Europe To England

A study led by UK and German scientists has revealed that Anglo-Saxons were only 24 per cent English. Early-medieval mass migrations influenced the formation of British society by increasing its…

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Read more about the article Study Shows Chimpanzees Have Different Stone Tools Depending On What Nut They Want To Crack
Image shows a female chimpanzee cracking Panda oleosa nuts using a granodiorite hammerstone on a wooden (panda tree root) anvil, undated photo. (Liran Samuni, Tai Chimpanzee Project/Newsflash)

Study Shows Chimpanzees Have Different Stone Tools Depending On What Nut They Want To Crack

A new study has revealed that chimpanzees use a variety of different stone tools depending on what kind of nut they want to crack. The research was led by archaeologists…

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Read more about the article How Ancient Humans Evolved To Meditate To Deal With Stress
Body and mind, picture used to illustrate the fact that the researchers find out that neanderthals could medidate. (Emiliano Bruner-CENIEH/Newsflash)

How Ancient Humans Evolved To Meditate To Deal With Stress

Scientists have discovered that humans – unlike our Neanderthal cousins – evolved the ability to meditate to deal with past and future stresses. Humans and Neanderthals both shared an important…

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Read more about the article Britain’s Earliest People Lived On Canterbury Outskirts Up To 620,000 Years Ago, New Study Says
Artist reconstruction of Homo heidelbergensis making a flint hand axe. (Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Illustration by Gabriel Ugueto/Newsflash)

Britain’s Earliest People Lived On Canterbury Outskirts Up To 620,000 Years Ago, New Study Says

Some of Britain's earliest humans lived on the outskirts of Canterbury in Kent between 560,000 and 620,000 years ago, a groundbreaking new study has revealed. The study, which was led…

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Read more about the article Scientists Create World’s Largest Chimp DNA Genome From Poop
Given the almost complete absence of chimpanzee fossils, the genetic information from current populations is crucial for describing their evolutionary history, according to German and Spanish scientists. (Pixabay/Newsflash)

Scientists Create World’s Largest Chimp DNA Genome From Poop

An international team of experts has compiled the world's largest wild chimp genomic catalogue by sequencing DNA found in hundreds of samples of ape poo. The team was led by…

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