Findings from a new study challenge the traditional view that a heavy reliance on plant-based diets started only with the advent of agriculture.
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A new study doubles the age of ancient DNA in sub-Saharan Africa, revealing how people moved, mingled and had children together over the last 50,000 years.
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The sounds our ancestors made are important because they teach us about spaces and behaviour and rituals of the time.
Ochre has many uses. It can be used to shed information on the evolution of the modern mind.
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Curator at the Origins Centre Museum, University of the Witwatersrand
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Postdoctoral fellow, University of Tübingen
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Ph.D, Leiden University
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
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Curator of Human Evolution of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)