Extinct humans left louse legacy
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Some of the head lice infesting people today were spread to us thousands of years ago by an extinct species of humans like Homo erectus.
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An extinct ape that lived 13 million years ago has been identified as the leading contender for the title of last common ancestor of humans and all great apes alive today.
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Australian scientists have found a new species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 18,000 years ago on an Indonesian island. The discovery adds another piece to the complex puzzle of human evolution.
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One of Earth&#39;s rarest birds might have gone into extinction following the death of one of the last known po&#39;ouli. The aging male po&#39;ouli died in captivity
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Prehistoric humans were infected with a bug that causes stomach ulcers, a study has shown.
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Head lice taken from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru support the idea that the little creatures accompanied humans on their first migration out of Africa, 100,000 years ago, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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In the continuing debate over the origin of the extinct âlittle peopleâ of Indonesia, a team of scientists says it has found evidence that these people were members of a distinct species.
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A 13-million-year-old fossil found in Spain may be that of the last common ancestor to all living great apes, including humans, researchers reported Thursday.
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On a remote Indonesian island, archeologists were astonished to discover a new, small human species that walked the earth just 18,000 years ago. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Scientists in Australia have found a new  species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 18,000 years ago  on an Indonesian island in a discovery that adds another piece  to the complex puzzle of human evolution.
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A rapid technique for isolating DNA in hair provides a new route to study the genetics of extinct creatures.
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DNA is aiding fossil hunters in the search for human origins by approaching the search for human origins from a different angle.
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A nearly 13 million-year-old ape discovered in Spain is the last probable common ancestor to all living humans and great apes, a research team says in Friday's issue of Science magazine.
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Scientists have found the remains of a creature that may be the last common ancestor of modern great apes and humans.
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The number of kinds of louse that people can carry sheds light on when humans lost their body hair, and when they first made clothing.
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In Spain scientists have discovered 13-million-year-old fossils of new species of ape. The species may have been the last common ancestor of humans and all great apes living today. Photo Gallery.
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Pygmy chimpanzees, one of humanity's closest living relatives, have been pushed to the brink of extinction in the war-battered Democratic Republic of Congo, conservation group WWF International said on Thursday.