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The top human evolution discoveries of 2025, from the intriguing Neanderthal diet to the oldest Western European face fossil

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...
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1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus face was just reconstructed — and its mix of old and new traits is complicating the picture of human evolution

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...
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Meet ‘Pink’, the new face of human evolution in Europe

Europe's oldest humans remain the Dmanisi hominins, who lived 1.8 million years ago in what is now Georgia - Copyright AFP EDWIN BERCIÁN Europe's oldest humans ...
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Evolution itself can evolve, new study argues

A new computer model suggests that the process of evolution can get better at evolving in the face of environmental change. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...