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Human populations evolved in similar ways after we began farming

An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around the world is even greater than we thought

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We’ve only just confirmed that Homo habilis really existed

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The first apes to walk upright may have evolved in Europe

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When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers

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The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human

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Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why

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Which humans first made tools or art – and how do we know?

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Ape-like hominin Paranthropus was more adaptable than we thought

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century

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Woolly rhino genome recovered from meat in frozen wolf pup’s stomach

A piece of woolly rhinoceros flesh hidden inside a wolf that died 14,400 years ago has yielded genetic information that improves our understanding of why one of the most iconic megafauna species of the last glacial period went extinct

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Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

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Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?

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2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

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Ancient human foot bones shed light on how two species coexisted

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