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South African Stephen Townley Bassett creates detailed replicas of rock art using traditional materials and methods, ...

New research published in Science reveals ancient human migration into the Americas occurred in multiple waves, not a single ...

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By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

(Image Courtesy: Tracy Kivell) This new research focuses on two fossil hand skeletons found in South Africa belonging to two different ancient human relatives: Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi.