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Evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon explores how human evolution would be shaped by long-term settlement on Mars. The article examines how

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Anthropologist Suggests Homo floresiensis May Have Survived Until Modern Times on Flores Island

Anthropologist Gregory Forth explores the possibility that Homo floresiensis (the "hobbit" hominid discovered on Flores Island, Indonesia) m

Humans' Adaptation to Extreme Environments in Africa 70,000 Years Ago

Humans learned to thrive in extreme environments in Africa about 70,000 years ago, setting the stage for global migration.

Alice Roberts on human evolution: why our species is not as exceptional as we think

Professor Alice Roberts, a biological anthropologist and broadcaster, discusses human evolution and challenges the notion of human exception

Ancient DNA reveals human evolution is a complex network, not a simple branching tree

This article argues that the traditional metaphor of a branching "human family tree" is outdated and misleading. Instead, based on ancient D