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Researchers explore the complex demographic history of Homo sapiens in Africa, revealing a reticulated population structure dating back to Marine Isotope Stage 5. The study challenges previous assumptions about archaic hominin contributions and emphasizes the significance of employing diverse models for robust inferences about ancient human history.
New genetics research is bringing to life for the first time a description of the social organisation and small community dynamics of Neanderthals.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022 was awarded to Svante Pääbo "for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution"
The oldest DNA yet isolated from humans in Africa reveals long-range migrations around 50,000 years ago, which likely played a role in the Middle to Later Stone Age transition.
The Shimao ruins in northwest China's Shaanxi Province has been listed as one of the top 10 archaeological discoveries of the past decade by the Archaeology journal. Over the past 10 years, excavators have uncovered a stone city with immense fortifications and sophisticated infrastructure, thousands of luxurious artifacts and a 230-foot-high stepped pyramid, commented the journal, which is published by the Archaeological Institute of America. "The site's early date and peripheral location were surprising since Chinese civilization was thought to have first developed in the Central Plain...