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How our ancestors used mushrooms to change the course of human history

Why are vertebrate eyes so different from those of other animals? A new hypothesis proposes that our ancestors lost their eyes, then rebuilt them.

Chimps' love for crystals could help us understand our own ancestors' fascination with these stones

Chimps’ love for crystals could help us understand our own ancestors’ fascination with these stones - EurekAlert!

Chimps’ love for crystals could help us understand our own ancestors’ fascination with these stones - EurekAlert!

New DNA evidence finds that Neanderthals didn’t go extinct. They were absorbed into our ancestors through thousands of years of interbreeding, and they live on in the DNA of nearly everyone alive today.

Ancestors of Asian Forest Tortoises Evolved in Europe, New Fossil Discovery Suggests

Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost

Ancestors of Modern Demosponges Were Earth’s First Animals: Study

Were Our Ancestors More Like Gorillas Than Humans? New Study Reveals Shocking Size Gap

Uncovering the Genes That Let Our Ancestors Walk Upright

Our Ancestors May Have Walked Upright Long Before Leaving The Trees

Small and very mean, this is how the ancestors of whales were

Ancient Teeth Suggest Our Ancestors Lived Side by Side With a Mysterious Hominin

How much time did our ancestors spend up trees? Studying these chimpanzees might help us find out - EurekAlert!

T. rex’s Ancestors Used an Ancient Landbridge To Walk From Asia to North America

A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented stone tools

The standardized production of bone tools by our ancestors pushed back one million years - EurekAlert

How our ancestors invented clothing and transformed it into fashion

Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian - EurekAlert