New research using ancient DNA and dental calculus reveals that the human aversion to eating insects in Europe may stem from a 9,000-year evolutionary history, contrasting with more common insect consumption in tropical regions and among Neanderthals.
New research on 60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings from southern Africa reveals early humans used sophisticated, rule-based geometric designs.
A newly identified crocodile species, *Crocodylus lucivenator*, lived alongside early human ancestors in Ethiopia over three million years ago and likely preyed on them.
Fossil teeth found in Ethiopia reveal that early *Homo* and an unknown *Australopithecus* species coexisted 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago, challenging linear human evolution theories.
A new genetic study of over 3,200 Japanese individuals reveals a previously overlooked third ancestral group, challenging existing theories and linking ancient DNA to modern health conditions.