Humans

Bipedalism, or the ability to walk upright and on two legs, is one of the most unique and important traits of humans. It allowed us to use our hands freely to craft and utilize tools in our daily lives, along with many other functionalities. This is why it is a very significant milestone in our … Read more

Humans and apes shared a common ancestor that lived a few million years ago. But what happened during all that time, for our species to diverge and go on their separate evolutionary paths? One of the leading and new theories that answers this question is the open savanna hypothesis. It states that our early ancestors … Read more

One of the most widely accepted theories about modern humans’ origin is the Out of Africa hypothesis. It states that Homo sapiens evolved from Africa, and then about 50,000 to 70,000 years ago, migrated to the rest of the world, outcompeting earlier hominins like Neanderthals and Denisovans. However, there is fossil and archaeological evidence that … Read more

Neanderthals were believed to have existed between 400,000 years and 40,000 years ago. Which means they have walked on this planet longer than modern humans, but scientists didn’t really think they were capable of advanced resource intensification until a ‘fat factory’ was discovered in Germany. In other words, researchers discovered that neanderthals were processing the … Read more

Neanderthals are believed to be skilled and active hunters during their time here on Earth. Evidence also suggests they were able to hunt various-sized animals, from the huge mammoths to deer and bison. Just like the modern human species, Neanderthals also used spears and other tools to gather their food and resources. However, scientists are … Read more

For decades, our understanding of hunter-gatherer societies is that men hunted while the women stayed nearby to gather some plants or other types of resources, and took care of the children. However, new research that combines burial evidence, physiology, and ethnography is suggesting otherwise. The findings suggest that the prehistoric women may have hunted as … Read more

Neanderthals were believed to have been extinct for nearly 40,000 years. But surprisingly, their DNA still persists in people who did not descend from Africa. So, most individuals who have European and Asian ancestry typically have 1 to 2% of their genome from Neanderthals. This is simply due to interbreeding between the two species, which … Read more

There is a common misconception about evolution, and that is that we evolved from apes. So, this naturally led to the question, why aren’t apes today turning into humans, if evolution is actually real? The simple answer is, first and foremost, humans did not evolve from apes, but rather our species and theirs share a … Read more

The Out-of-Africa theory states that modern humans, or Homo Sapiens, originated in Africa and then spread throughout the world. This theory is widely supported across the scientific community due to fossils and genetic evidence that substantiate it. But how exactly did we reach all continents and create civilizations in each of them? This is a … Read more

For most of human history, our ancestors didn’t just plant crops and farm land; they mostly hunted wild animals to eat and survive. A new study argues that humans are hypercarnivores who ruled the planet as apex predators for 2 million years. Hypercarnivores pertain to a species that has a diet consisting of at least … Read more