'Speech gene' seen only in modern humans may have helped us evolve to talk
A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...
New Scientist6 天
Why it’s so hard to tell when Homo sapiens became a distinct species
The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, ...
IFLScience21 天
The Taung Child: 100 Years Ago, A “Missing Link” Between Humans And Apes Was Revealed
The date was February 3, 1925. The Star, a daily South African newspaper, featured a story on an exciting scientific discovery – the fossilized skull of a species with a mixture of human-like ...
Phys.org28 天
Evidence suggests Neanderthal blood protein may be part of reason for their demise
Neighbor-Joining tree of red cell blood group alleles in Upper Paleolithic H. sapiens, Neandertals and Denisova. Each branch received 100% of 1,000 bootstraps iterations. Bold black, H. sapiens ...