Bruce Bower
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Were hominids making stone tools 2.6 million years ago? Controversy greets discovery
Discoveries in East Africa of what may be the oldest expertly sharpened stone implements suggest that early members of the ...
Inside the cave where Neanderthals and Denisovans may have shared a home
Mysterious ancient hominids known as Denisovans and their evolutionary cousins, Neandertals, frequented a southern Siberian cave starting a surprisingly long ...
Early North American settlers brought dogs more than 10,000 year ago
A trio of dogs buried at two ancient human sites in Illinois lived around 10,000 years ago, making them the oldest ...
Homo sapiens may only have appeared 300,000 years ago, and evolved modern features gradually
Human origins are notoriously tough to pin down. Fossil and genetic studies in 2017 suggested a reason why: No clear ...
Why hunter-gatherer civilizations did not destroy themselves through inbreeding
Much like hunter-gatherers today, ancient Eurasians married outside their home groups and formed webs of friends and in-laws vital for ...