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Meat wasn't the only food that drove early humans to evolve bigger brains. Sugar may have fueled the organ's enlargement, too
Long before soft drinks and cookies, our ancestors may have had a serious sweet tooth. Rather than reaching for sodas, early ...
Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to socialize. Skull diversity across great apes (orange) and gibbons (blue).
The traditional labels Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus may no longer match the tangled relationships revealed by the ...
A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overturns the classic ...
The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...
In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...
Early humans : of whom do we speak? / Richard E. Leakey -- Homo habilis - a premature discovery : remembered by one of its founding fathers, 42 years later / Phillip V. Tobias -- Where does the genus ...
How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...
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Human brain evolution may have depended on sugars and carbohydrates, not just meat; new study finds
Recent studies indicate that sugars in our diets have played a pivotal role in the evolutionary growth of the human brain over millions of years. Initially, glucose from fruits and honey satisfied the ...
How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...
A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations throughout their evolution. Ana Mateos and Jesús Rodríguez, scientists at the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Human evolution is still unfolding through disease, diet, technology, genetic editing, and even the pressures of life in space.
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