Humans Sketched Oddly Precise Geometric Patterns Onto Ostrich Eggs 60,000 Years Ago

The paper, published recently in PLOS One, describes an investigation of 112 ostrich eggshell fragments dating back more than ...

Ancient humans arrived in East Asia hundreds of thousands of years earlier than thought

Findings suggest human ancestors spread across Asia earlier, faster and possibly more successfully than commonly believed ...
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AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) Almost 2 million years ...
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Ancient humans traveled to Australia and New Guinea much earlier than previously believed according to new genetic study

What an incredible journey these first settlers must have experienced.
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Ancient Humans Were Making Fire 350,000 Years Earlier Than Scientists Realized

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire—chances are you’d be left cold and hungry. But as early as 400,000 years ...
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Ancient humans were hunting, eating sharks 7K years ago, burial site shows

New research has revealed that ancient people in southern Arabia dined on an apex predator — sharks. The study, recently published in the journal Antiquity, centers on a tomb in Wadi Nafūn, an ...

Ancient humans were hunting and eating sharks 7,000 years ago, burial site discovery shows

Ancient people in southern Arabia hunted and ate sharks as a main food and nutrition source, new archaeological research from Oman reveals. Here are details.