Scientists Found 6,000-Year-Old Human Remains. No Other People Share Their DNA.

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to ...
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Japan’s oldest human fossils may not be human at all, new study finds

New imaging has upended a decades-old assumption about Japan’s earliest “humans.” The finding doesn’t erase the past—it ...
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U of U Played Role in World's Oldest Human Bones

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Bones of young woman 'abandoned' at South Pole could rewrite history of Antarctic exploration

The piece of cranium, found in 1985 on Yámana Beach, is believed to be the oldest human remains ever discovered in the South Pole region, potentially dating back to the early 19th Century. The find ...
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Scientists Have Found the World’s Oldest Known Mummies — and They Are Thousands of Years Older Than the Ones in Egypt

Previously, some of the oldest mummies on earth were known to be in South America and dated back to about 7,000 years ago Scientists revealed they have discovered the world’s oldest known mummies. A ...
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The Oldest Human-Built Structure Ever Discovered Is 3x Older Than the Pyramids—Over 23,000 Years Old

A stone wall discovered deep inside Theopetra Cave in central Greece may be the oldest surviving human-built structure ever ...
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Oldest Human Mummies Discovered, And They're Not What We Expected

Mummifying the dead is a funerary rite that has been practiced for thousands of years in many locations across the world. A new discovery reveals that we may have been underestimating exactly how ...
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Oldest known evidence of human mummification discovered in Asia, scientists say

Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new ...