Scientists discovered the oldest evidence of human-made fire

Starting a fire led to advancements such as cooking, which unlocked nutrients that improved the size and cognition of the ...
CNN

Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall, cadaver ...
New York Post

5,000-year-old tools made of human skulls unearthed, including masks and cups

These ancient tribes were bad to the bone. Drinking from skulls might not be limited to lurid serial killer movies. Archaeologists have exhumed skull cups and skeleton masks among a repository of ...
The Conversation

The whole story of human evolution – from ancient apes via Lucy to us

John Gowlett receives funding from PAST Africa and Wenner-Gren Foundation, and his work has previously been supported by The Leverhulme Trust. He is associated with a new series of podcasts on human ...
New Scientist

An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution

One of the biggest mysteries in human evolution has just been solved. In 2010, a groundbreaking genetic analysis revealed that east Asia was once home to a previously unknown group of enigmatic ...