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Evolution in real-time: The mysterious growth of the modern dog's brain

Modern dogs offer a living record of change shaped by proximity to people. Over time, research shows that brains respond to ...
BGR

Are Humans Still Evolving? Here's What Anthropologists Say

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...
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20% of Modern Human Genetic Heritage Is Thought to Have Been Inherited From a Mysterious Ancestral Population

New research has revealed an incredible discovery: modern humans carry 20% of their genetic material from a mysterious population that split from our ancestors 1.5 million years ago. This study ...
New Scientist

Hominin fossils from Morocco may be close ancestors of modern humans

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...
The Conversation

The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes via Lucy to us

John Gowlett receives funding from PAST Africa and Wenner-Gren Foundation, and his work has previously been supported by The Leverhulme Trust. He is associated with a new series of podcasts on human ...
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Rethinking the human revolution : new behavioural and biological perspectives on the origin and dispersal of modern humans / edited by Paul Mellars . . . [et al.]

Introduction. Rethinking the human revolution: Eurasian and African perspectives / Paul Mellars -- pt. 1. Biological and demographic perspectives on modern human origins. The origin and dispersal of ...