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The entire history of human evolution explained

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...
Nature

How DNA in dirt is shaking up the study of human origins

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...
Smithsonian Magazine

15 Years Later, the National Museum of Natural History Is Still Asking What It Means to Be Human

The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...
Scientific American

Humanity’s Origins Paint Our Ancestors as Lovers, Not Fighters

At the heart of scientific questions about the origins of humanity lie questions of human nature. Are Homo sapiens intrinsically lovers or fighters, predators or prey, lucky survivors or inevitable ...