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3.5-Million-Year-Old Hominin's Sex Determined Using Ancient Peptides – The Oldest Yetclose up photograph of the incomplete skull of a specimen of Australopithecus africanus, an ancient species of hominin

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3.5-Million-Year-Old Hominin's Sex Determined Using Ancient Peptides – The Oldest Yetclose up photograph of the incomplete skull of a specimen of Australopithecus africanus, an ancient species of hominin
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3.5-Million-Year-Old Hominin's Sex Determined Using Ancient Peptides – The Oldest Yet

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The Taung Child: 100 Years Ago, A “Missing Link” Between Humans And Apes Was Revealedskull fossil Cast in three parts: endocranium, face and mandible, of a 2.1 million year old Australopithecus africanus specimen so-called Taung child, discovered in South Africa.

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The Taung Child: 100 Years Ago, A “Missing Link” Between Humans And Apes Was Revealedskull fossil Cast in three parts: endocranium, face and mandible, of a 2.1 million year old Australopithecus africanus specimen so-called Taung child, discovered in South Africa.
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The Taung Child: 100 Years Ago, A “Missing Link” Between Humans And Apes Was Revealed

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We’ve Caught A Glimpse Into What Early Human Relatives Ate 3 Million Years AgoModel of ancient human ancestor australopithecus afarensis

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We’ve Caught A Glimpse Into What Early Human Relatives Ate 3 Million Years AgoModel of ancient human ancestor australopithecus afarensis
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We’ve Caught A Glimpse Into What Early Human Relatives Ate 3 Million Years Ago

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Laetoli Footprints: A 3.6 Million-Year-Old Stroll Revealed Early Human Evolutionary HistoryTest-pit L8 at Laetoli Site S, another set of footprints at the site unearthed in 2015.

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Laetoli Footprints: A 3.6 Million-Year-Old Stroll Revealed Early Human Evolutionary HistoryTest-pit L8 at Laetoli Site S, another set of footprints at the site unearthed in 2015.
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Laetoli Footprints: A 3.6 Million-Year-Old Stroll Revealed Early Human Evolutionary History

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Lucy's Hands May Have Been Capable Of Using Tools 3.2 Million Years AgoLucy hands tools

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Lucy's Hands May Have Been Capable Of Using Tools 3.2 Million Years AgoLucy hands tools
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Lucy's Hands May Have Been Capable Of Using Tools 3.2 Million Years Ago

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This 4.3-Million-Year-Old Hominin Co-Existed With Humanity’s Earliest AncestorsArdipithecus ramidus

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This 4.3-Million-Year-Old Hominin Co-Existed With Humanity’s Earliest AncestorsArdipithecus ramidus
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This 4.3-Million-Year-Old Hominin Co-Existed With Humanity’s Earliest Ancestors

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What Was The First Human Species, And What Makes It Human?Homo habilis

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What Was The First Human Species, And What Makes It Human?Homo habilis
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What Was The First Human Species, And What Makes It Human?

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What Do We Know About Australopithecus Anamensis?A composite of the 3.8 million-year-old cranium of Australopithecus anamensis and its facial morphology reconstruction.

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What Do We Know About Australopithecus Anamensis?A composite of the 3.8 million-year-old cranium of Australopithecus anamensis and its facial morphology reconstruction.
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What Do We Know About Australopithecus Anamensis?

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Extinct Human Relatives Make An Unexpected Voyage To SpaceVirgin Galactic's VSS Unity's boost phase during Galactic 02 spaceflight.

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Extinct Human Relatives Make An Unexpected Voyage To SpaceVirgin Galactic's VSS Unity's boost phase during Galactic 02 spaceflight.
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Extinct Human Relatives Make An Unexpected Voyage To Space

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“Lucy” Walked Upright 3.2 Million Years Ago, New 3D Model ShowsA reconstruction of Lucy, one of the most famous ancient human ancestor remains ever found.

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“Lucy” Walked Upright 3.2 Million Years Ago, New 3D Model ShowsA reconstruction of Lucy, one of the most famous ancient human ancestor remains ever found.
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“Lucy” Walked Upright 3.2 Million Years Ago, New 3D Model Shows

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Skull Of An Early Human Ancestor Reveals The Face Of Our Evolutionary Pastarticle image

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Skull Of An Early Human Ancestor Reveals The Face Of Our Evolutionary Pastarticle image
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Skull Of An Early Human Ancestor Reveals The Face Of Our Evolutionary Past

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We May Have Discovered A New Species Of Ancient Homininarticle image

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We May Have Discovered A New Species Of Ancient Homininarticle image
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We May Have Discovered A New Species Of Ancient Hominin

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Early Humans Didn't Have To Trade Off Walking And Climbing, So Why Did We?article image

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Early Humans Didn't Have To Trade Off Walking And Climbing, So Why Did We?article image
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Early Humans Didn't Have To Trade Off Walking And Climbing, So Why Did We?

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One Of The Most Complete Early Hominin Skeletons Ever Discovered Revealed In South Africaarticle image

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One Of The Most Complete Early Hominin Skeletons Ever Discovered Revealed In South Africaarticle image
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One Of The Most Complete Early Hominin Skeletons Ever Discovered Revealed In South Africa

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Extremely Unexpected Find Means We May Have To Rewrite The Human Evolution Textbook Againarticle image

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Extremely Unexpected Find Means We May Have To Rewrite The Human Evolution Textbook Againarticle image
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Extremely Unexpected Find Means We May Have To Rewrite The Human Evolution Textbook Again

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