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Here&rsquo;s How Language Changes Through Human Contact, According to Genetics

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Early Neanderthals and Classic Neanderthals Likely Experienced a Genetic Bottleneck 110,000 Years Ago

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Gigantopithecus Was the Largest Ape to Exist &mdash; Why Did it Disappear?

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Long Thumbs and Large Brains Co-Evolved in Primates, Giving Humans Our Most Unique Traits

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An Important Gene Inherited From Denisovans Helped Modern Humans Survive and Spread

jaw bone from the skull of a child with neanderthal and homo sapiens DNA

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140,000-Year-Old Skhul Cave Fossil Is Now the Oldest Neanderthal-Human Hybrid

prehistoric woman foraging for vegetables in the forest

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300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Suggest Ancient Humans Also Ate Veggies, Not Just Meat

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People in the Lee Adoyta Basin searching for fossils.

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Thirteen fossil teeth against a black background.

Thirteen fossil teeth against a black background

Paleontologists standing in the Lee Adoyta Basin, searching for fossils in the sediment

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These Two Ancient Human Species Lived in Tandem Around 2.8 Million Years Ago

Caveman or Neanderthal making stone tools 

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Neanderthal Workshop Full of Animal Remains and Butchering Tools Unearthed

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Hominins Moved Into the Neighborhood of the Hobbit Humans Around 1.04 Million Years Ago 

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Our Ancient Ancestors Loved Eating Grasses, and It Eventually Transformed Their Teeth

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A New Indo-European Language Is Discovered, Revealing Life of the Hittite Empire

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人类起源

根据遗传学研究，语言是如何通过人类接触而改变的

早期尼安德特人与经典尼安德特人可能在11万年前经历了一次遗传瓶颈

巨猿是地球上存在过的最大的猿类——它为什么会灭绝？

灵长类动物的拇指长和大脑大共同进化，赋予了人类我们最独特的特征

一个从丹尼索瓦人继承的重要基因帮助现代人生存和传播

14 万年前的 Skhul 洞穴化石是已知最古老的尼安德特人-人类混血

30万年前的木制工具表明古代人类也吃蔬菜，而不仅仅是肉

这两个古人类物种在大约280万年前曾并存

惊现尼安德特人“工坊”，满是动物遗骸和屠宰工具

古人类在大约104万年前迁徙到“霍比特人”的邻近地区

我们的远古祖先喜爱吃草，这最终改变了他们的牙齿

发现一门新的印欧语，揭示赫梯帝国的日常生活

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