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Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

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A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...

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The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated. Columnist ...

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New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

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