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fromMail Online
1 week ago

Scientists recreate the lost languages of ancient humans

Scientists reconstructed ancient human species languages by analyzing fossilized skeletal imprints of soft tissues like the larynx, tongue, and brain, revealing that Neanderthals likely spoke languages understandable to early Homo sapiens.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Fresh bone analysis makes case for earliest ancestor of humankind', but doubts remain

In the murky first chapters of the human story is an unknown ancestor that made the profound transition from walking on all fours to standing up tall, an act that came to define us. The odds of stumbling on the fossilised evidence of such an evolutionary prize are slim, but in new research, scientists argue that an ape-like animal that lived in Africa 7m years ago is the best contender yet.
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fromNature
7 months ago

This ancient mega-predator was built for stealth

Temnodontosaurus was adapted for stealth-based predation as revealed by fossil analysis.
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