Earliest fire mastery unlocked! Archaeologists found heated stones in South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave, proving early humans controlled fire ~1M years ago, earlier than thought. A key innovation for cooking, warmth, and evolution! History burns brighter.
Read more: https://thedebrief.org/was-this-the-first-fire-archaeologists-unearth-new-evidence-that-could-solve-a-burning-ancient-question/
#GoodNews #AncientFire #HumanEvolution #ArchaeologyWin #ScienceDiscovery
At Terra Amata, early Europeans shaped local limestone into flexible tools 400,000 years ago. Simple methods hid careful planning, mobility, and early steps toward Levallois thinking in a dynamic coastal landscape.#Paleolithic #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #StoneTools https://www.anthropology.net/p/stones-at-the-edge-of-the-sea-what
Drought may have driven the extinction of Homo floresiensis, the “Hobbit”
According to a new multidisciplinary study, a long-term decline in rainfall in the Indonesian island of Flores may have played a central role in the disappearance of Homo floresiensis, otherwise known as the “hobbit,” a small-bodied archaic human species...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/drought-may-have-driven-the-extinction-of-the-hobbit/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #homofloresiensis #anthropology #HumanEvolution
A 6,000-year-old skeleton from Bulgaria bears healed lion bite wounds to the skull. Survival after such trauma reveals care, disability, and social tension in Eneolithic life. Bones record compassion and fear side by side.#Bioarchaeology #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #DeepHistory https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-lions-teeth-and-a-human-life-what
Little Foot, the most complete australopith skeleton ever found, may belong to neither Australopithecus africanus nor A. prometheus. New research suggests a distinct species and a more tangled human family tree. #HumanEvolution #Paleoanthropology #Fossils #Australopithecus https://www.anthropology.net/p/little-foot-and-the-problem-of-naming
Ancient genomes show 100,000 years of human isolation and striking genetic differences in southern Africa
A new genetic study indicates that ancient communities in southern Africa lived in long-term isolation, developing a distinct set of genetic traits that shaped early Homo sapiens. Researchers analyzed the entire genomes of 28 individuals who lived between approximately 10,200 and 150 years ago...
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/ancient-humans-lived-in-isolation-in-southern-africa/
New research using population biobanks shows that several “human-specific” genetic traits aren’t fixed and may have weaker real-world effects than lab models suggest. A nuanced view of what shaped Homo sapiens. #HumanEvolution #Genomics #Anthropology #AncientDNA https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-echoes-of-archaic-dna
New evidence from a site in eastern England suggests early Neanderthals were striking pyrite against flint to make fire 400,000 years ago. The find pushes intentional fire-making far deeper into the past. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Neanderthals #Paleolithic @Nature https://www.anthropology.net/p/sparks-in-the-mud-how-neanderthals
It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists, and physicists are made of atoms. A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.
-- George Wald (Life and Mind in the Universe)
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeWald #Existence #HumanEvolution #TheUniverse
#Technology #Fire #Archaeology #UK #Flint #IronPyrites #StoneAge #Prehistory #History #Ancient #Discovery #News #BBC #Science #BBCNews #Britain #Invention #Inventions #Civilisation #Evolution #Human #HumanEvolution
Modern technology’s incredible, but this was the ultimate game changer. It’s a great read too!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-b9da7a6d-165b-492a-8785-235cd10e2e8e
New version (V5) of my chin evolution preprint:
Coaxing Fire and the Human Chin: A Behavioural–Mechanical Feedback Synthesis in Hominin Evolution
I argue that repeated ember-blowing in early fire maintenance loaded the mandibular symphysis via the mentalis, shaping the chin through behavioural–mechanical feedback and genetic accommodation. Includes explicit FEA/EMG/developmental predictions.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17861933
#HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Biomechanics #Paleoanthropology
Vision On then Off?
Netflix "Life on Earth" series) made me ponder about when vision evolved on Earth. Then my pursuit of science knowledge became philosophical!
It is a 15 minute read.
https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-the-eye-evolved-over-millions-of-years
Vision is something we take for granted, yet it is crucial to our very existence in this temporary phase of time we know as modernity.
Why do I consider this? Because in the article it mentions the much more recent appearance of myopia in urban dwellers, as our life styles gradually evolve our eyes backward (IMO) into short sightedness.
So I ask, what other evolutionary debasements are breaking out in our bodies motor capacities &, due to our passive square screen world ways, in our minds too?
De-evolution is by us, not to us from our environment, unlike evolution.
#humanevolution #de-evolution #debasement #human
New climate evidence from Flores shows that long-term drought pushed Homo floresiensis and their prey out of Liang Bua, setting the stage for ecological collapse and possible contact with Homo sapiens. #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution #Flores #Archaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-rainfall-faltered-how-a-changing
So, like #AlbertEinstein and #NikolaTesla were more than likely #Neurodivergent. I'm pretty sure their moms didn't take #Tylenol.
#ND #HumanEvolution #NewMutants? #NextStep in #Evolution?
cc: @autistics
New evidence from the Levant shows archaic humans hunted aurochs with precision, not force. Selective dry-season kills reveal small, dispersed groups lacking mass-hunting strategies later seen in Homo sapiens. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Paleolithic #Anthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/hunting-on-the-edge-of-survival-what
Ancient genomes from southern Africa reveal a long-isolated population that shaped the evolution of Homo sapiens. Their DNA preserves lost diversity, unique adaptations, and a deep history of local innovation. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #AncientDNA #Africa https://www.anthropology.net/p/roots-beneath-the-rift-ancient-southern
An early Iron Age mule from Catalonia pushes hybrid equid breeding in Europe back centuries. Its bones reveal trade networks, local innovation, and a rapidly changing Mediterranean world. #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #IronAge #Equids https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-hybrid-hoofprint-how-an-early-iron
Humans in southern Africa were an isolated population until recently https://arstechni.ca/KwD5 #humanevolution #evolution #Genetics #Genomics #Science #Biology #africa
Epigenome-wide data from Andean communities reveal altitude-linked methylation in vascular and pigmentation genes. A new window into how humans adapt to thin air without major DNA changes. #Anthropology #Epigenetics #HumanEvolution #Andes https://www.anthropology.net/p/breathless-at-3000-meters-how-epigenetics
Human brains react uniquely to chimpanzee calls, hinting at ancient auditory systems shared across primates. New research shows our voice-processing regions remain tuned to evolutionary cousins. #Neuroscience #HumanEvolution #Primates #LanguageOrigins https://www.anthropology.net/p/echoes-before-language-what-chimpanzee
