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Northern France was already inhabited more than 650,000 years ago

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What noggin of modern humans’ ancestor would have looked like

Despite having lived about 300,000 years ago, the oldest ancestor of all members of Homo sapiens had a surprisingly modern skull—as suggested by a…

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Virtual reconstruction of fifth distal phalanx from Denisova Cave. © Photo of distal fragment of phalanx: Eva-Maria Geigl, Institut Jacques Monod (CNRS / Université de Paris). Micro-CT scan and virtual reconstruction: Bence Viola, Department of Anthropolo
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Newfound phalanx fragment shows Denisovans closer to modern humans than Neanderthals

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In the Inner Depths of the Ear: The Shape of the Cochlea is an Indicator of Sex

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Emmanuel Mellet et Francesco d'Errico
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Neurosciences unlock the secret of the first abstract engravings

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Homo luzonensis a new human species contemporaneous with Homo sapiens discovered in the Philippines

An international multidisciplinary team involving MNHN and CNRS, co-led by a MNHN senior lecturer of the H & E department, Florent Détroit,…

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The Gauls embalmed the heads of their defeated enemies

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Discovery of the oldest known case of human lead exposure

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Painted tomb discovered in Cumae (Italy): A banquet frozen in time

At the foot of the hill on which sits the ancient city of Cumae, in the region of Naples, Priscilla Munzi, CNRS researcher at the Jean Bérard Centre …

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Discovery of the earliest drawing

The oldest known abstract drawing, made with ocher, has been found in South Africa’s Blombos Cave—on the face of a flake of siliceous rock retrieved…

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