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136 long-clawed shrew skulls from Hokkaido showed the classic winter flattening of the braincase, and across the same series the snout enlarged in winter and shrank again in spring
19+ hour, 22+ min ago (595+ words) A museum series of Sorex unguiculatus from Tomakomai confirms Dehnel's winter braincase shrink in an Asian shrew, and adds a reverse pattern in the snout that the authors did not find in the jaw. By Natural History · Edited by Chris…...
Modern humans interbred with Neanderthals before they disappeared, and most people of non-African ancestry still carry roughly 1 to 4 percent Neanderthal DNA today — meaning part of the human population we once thought we simply replaced never actually vanished
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (104+ words) The fossil record suggested modern humans simply wiped out their evolutionary cousins, but genetic evidence now reveals a messier, more intimate history of coexistence and interbreeding....
The strange ancient creature hiding in a Norwegian sheep field
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (628+ words) A remarkable 560-million-year-old fossil found in a Norwegian sheep field is giving scientists an unprecedented glimpse into early animal life—and revealing surprising clues about Earth’s ancient ecosystems. Scientists have discovered one of the oldest known three-dimensionally preserved fossils in…...
A forearm bone has been found at the Denisov site for the first time
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (473+ words) In China, five Denisovan remains have been confirmed on the basis of ancient proteins, including the first known fragment of their radius. The discovery suggests that Denisovans lived in south-western China approximately 167,000–134,000 years ago. In the Bianfu Cave in the…...
Denisovans Hunted Deer and Made Bone Tools for 120,000 Years in China: Nature Papers
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (563+ words) The tooth shapes were then cross-referenced against known Denisovan specimens from Siberia, Tibet, and Laos, and matched closely. "As soon as he saw a picture of the tooth, 'I immediately assumed that they were probably Denisovan,'" said Clément Zanolli, a…...
Cave fossils in China reveal lives of mysterious human relatives
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1035+ words) Alongside the seven Denisovan fossils, the researchers uncovered tools made of bone and stone, as well as fossilized pollen and animal remains. Published Sep 10, 2026 10:58 AM EDT | Updated Sep 10, 2026 10:58 AM EDT (CNN) — Archaeologists excavating a cave in southwestern China have unearthed…...
10,000-year-old mastodon tooth found in Midpen preserve
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (18+ words) USA Today 10,000-year-old mastodon tooth found in Midpen preserve...
Fossil bones and tools from mysterious ancient human unearthed in China
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (820+ words) Denisovans were an ancient hominin that lived thousands of years ago and some modern humans still share their DNA. (Wikimedia: Cicero Moraes/Homo longi/CC BY 4.0) Archaeologists have found a new site containing remains of the Denisovans, a cryptic relative…...
Ancient DNA Unveils 1,000 Years at Crawford Lake
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (928+ words) An international team of scientists featuring faculty at Binghamton University has recreated a 1,000-year timeline documenting the ecological changes and human impact to the area surrounding Crawford Lake, the famed location of the proposed Anthropocene. By analyzing sedimentary ancient DNA…...
2026: 190,000-year-old cave reveals how ancient human species lived and adapted
3+ day, 43+ min ago (378+ words) UOW researcher’s dating work helps to establish the timeline behind one of the longest records of Denisovan occupation An ancient cave in southwestern China has revealed new evidence about how Denisovans — an ancient human relative — lived, survived and adapted over…...