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The Top Human Evolution Discoveries of 2025, From the Intriguing Neanderthal Diet to the Oldest Western European Face Fossil

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...
Fitgurú on MSN

The primate mind in a mouse: How your gut bacteria might be the secret to human evolution

Groundbreaking research reveals that human microbes can trigger genetic brain activity in other species, suggesting our ...
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Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, Morocco

A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

Human evolution’s biggest mystery has started to unravel. How 2025 tipped the scales

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025.
New Atlas

Mysterious human-like creatures shared island cave with humans

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...
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Homo erectus wasn't the first human species to leave Africa 1.8 million years ago, fossils suggest

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...
Asheville Citizen-Times

Opinion: Not accepting scientific evidence supporting evolution is denying reality

I have noted that many of my fellow Christians have difficulty with the theory of evolution. This has been true since Charles Darwin published his "On the Origin of Species" in 1859. Most people ...