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A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday. The ...

A rainforest discovery reveals early humans in rainforest environments lived 150,000 years ago, reshaping theories about ancient rainforest humans and human evolution. Elif Ilkel/Pexels ...

A study of 225 newborns suggests prenatal estrogen may have played a role in the evolution of larger human brains. Boys with finger-length patterns linked to higher estrogen exposure before birth ...