Tag Archives: Cenozoic

Modern Humans Interbred with Neanderthals

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While recording the timeline of human evolution, one sees the events in a linear order rather than a sequential one. That is that it is assumed that the net pedigree of human lineage formulated after...

Ancient Human New Species Found Near Lucy Fossil

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Termed Australopithecus deyiremeda, it is a novel find and this early hominid lived around about the same time as the famed Lucy. Lucy of course is the name given to Australopithecus afarensis.Thus...

3.3 Million Old Stone Tools are Older Than Humans

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A new find of stone tools is changing the perception of species that lived before the first humans in the Home genus. A team of scientists discovered 3.3 million years old stone tools in Kenya. These...

2.8 Million Years Old Jawbone of First Human Discovered

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An ASU team of scientists found a partially intact jaw that lends credence to the presence of a very early version of the homonid species Homo in Ethiopia, Africa. The mandible portion was found by...

Oldest Prehistoric Human DNA Found

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The earliest DNA sample of a human species that roamed the earth was found in a cave in Northern Spain. The site was called the Sima de los Huesos. The individual from whose fossilized femur bone the...