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As Homo erectus expanded its territory from Africa into Eurasia, a species of hunting dog migrated westward into the area. These two predators offer important lessons about sociality and survival.

The writings of many fine authors support the research and ambitious undertakings of an Institution rising to the challenges ahead

Excavations at a site in northern Israel are at the heart of a debate about the species' migrations

'Ubeidiya is at the heart of a debate about Homo erectus migrations, with profound implications for the study of human evolution.

Contentious Hypothesis Posits Humans Brains Grew Larger as We Hunted Smaller Prey STEPHANIE PAPPAS, LIVE SCIENCE 12 MARCH 2021 Over the course of the Pleistocene epoch, between 2.6 million years ago and 11,700 years ago, the brains of humans and their relatives grew. Now, scientists from Tel Aviv University have a new hypothesis as to why: As the largest animals on the landscape disappeared, the scientists propose, human brains had to grow to enable the hunting of smaller, swifter prey.  ...

March 11th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Emily Leclerc Sylvester Musembi Musyoka, a Kenyan colleague and field crew leader, recording a large mammal fossil bone during a virtual field project to collect fossils in Kenyan excavation sites that were in danger of being damaged by severe weather. (Nzioki Mativo/Smithsonian) When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic one year ago, it brought much of the world to a halt. Countries closed their borders, internationa...