• History
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 4th, 2014
World's Oldest Doodle Was Created 500,000 Years Ago on a Shell

World's Oldest Doodle Was Created 500,000 Years Ago on a Shell

Zigzag engraving on shell found in Indonesia is hailed as the oldest abstract marking thus far discovered

Neanderthal Genes May Be Responsible for Type II Diabetes

Neanderthal Genes May Be Responsible for Type II Diabetes

Their genetic legacy still lives on within modern humans

Everybody Slept with Everybody Else 50,000 Years Ago

Everybody Slept with Everybody Else 50,000 Years Ago

Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens intermingled like there was no tomorrow

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 3rd, 2013
Neanderthals Decorated Their Homes Like We Do

Neanderthals Decorated Their Homes Like We Do

They also liked to keep everything clean and neatly arranged

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 27th, 2012
Neanderthals Were Going Extinct Before Homo Sapiens Occupied Europe

Neanderthals Were Going Extinct Before Homo Sapiens Occupied Europe

A new study challenges established dogma on how humans evolved

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 21st, 2011
Humans May Have Appeared on Riverbeds

Humans May Have Appeared on Riverbeds

The proposal would certainly explain a lot about our evolution

  • History
  • By Smaranda Biliuti
  • September 22nd, 2010
Neanderthals Were Not So Stupid After All

Neanderthals Were Not So Stupid After All

New Species of Hominid Found in South Africa

New Species of Hominid Found in South Africa

It represents an intermediary step in our evolution

Upright Walking Did Not Evolve Gradually

Upright Walking Did Not Evolve Gradually

According to new evidence from Africa

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2009
Rain Favored Humans Leaving Sahara

Rain Favored Humans Leaving Sahara

The desert saw bouts of humidity at the time

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 10th, 2009
Georgian Hills Reveal 1.8-Million-Year-Old Skeletons

Georgian Hills Reveal 1.8-Million-Year-Old Skeletons

They may change the established timeline of early migrations

 
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