The two human species had many similarities but their communication would have been different.
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A new discovery is shedding more light on the overlap between the two species of human, despite the challenges of exploring this distant time
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.
Our research has also uncovered major long-term changes in ancient animal populations at Denisova Cave, and has provided the first direct evidence of Homo sapiens having lived there.
Our biggest evolutionary advantages are an ability to walk on two legs and our big brains.
The ‘good’ side of our nature is much more deep-rooted than the ‘evil’ side.
Nimble-fingered Neanderthals went about their daily business in a similar way to modern humans.
The story of where humans come from is growing as new evidence – and new methods of analysis – emerge all the time.
The brains of our ancestors grew larger and smarter thanks to an increase in the flow of blood to the brain
New excavations at an Indonesian cave have pushed back the time the ‘hobbits’ disappeared to about 50,000 years ago.
Ochre has many uses. It can be used to shed information on the evolution of the modern mind.
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
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Professor Emeritus of Physiology, Adelaide University
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Researcher, Centre for Archeological Science, University of Wollongong
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Principal Research Fellow of Archaeology, University of Southampton
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University Professor of Human Origins, George Washington University
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Curator at the Origins Centre Museum, University of the Witwatersrand
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Canada Research Chair in Human Origins, Lakehead University
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Professor of Early Prehistory, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
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Professor, University of Wollongong
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Anthropology, University at Buffalo
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PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of Scientific and Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Oxford