However, in evolutionary terms, we all share ancestors if we go far ... same evolutionary origin. Here are five examples of ancient traits you might be surprised to learn are still seen in humans ...

However, in evolutionary terms, we all share ancestors ... Here are five examples of ancient traits you might be surprised to learn are still seen in humans today. What makes us human?

Scientists know this because they have examined 1.5-million-year-old ... considered to be within the human lineage that emerged after the split from the ancestors of the great apes.

Footprints dating back 1.5 million years of two different species of human ancestors have been found at the same spot. The ...

Until recently, one of the mysteries about human history was whether our ancestors interacted and mated with these other types of humans before they went extinct. This fascinating question was the ...

Researchers with the Smithsonian Museum Of Natural History have uncovered mysterious marks on a 1.5 million ... into which types of prehistoric predators were preying on human ancestors.

Published this week in Science, the international team of nearly 30 scientists from five countries shared ... there were three very different types of ancient human ancestors roaming the same ...

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Three million years of human evolution ... of our ancestors,” said Moraes. Cicero Moraes/Pen News Discovered in Ethiopia in 1975 by American paleontologist Donald Johanson, this 3.5-foot female ...

If confirmed, our human ancestors started shaping bones by striking them at specific angles in a process known as knapping as much as 1.5 million years ago. The findings come after paleolithic ...