Neanderthals 'were flame-haired'
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Some Neanderthals probably had red hair much like modern-day humans, a DNA study shows.
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One of the most startling discoveries in the study of human origins -- the uncovering of a vanished species of dwarf proto-humans who inhabited a Pacific island just 18,000 years ago -- is being reported in today&#39;s issue of the journal Nature.
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Chimpanzees may have had their own  "Stone Age," with evidence showing they were using stone tools  to crack nuts 4,300 years ago, researchers reported on Monday.
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Scientists have found fossil skeletons of a human species that grew no larger than a three-year-old modern child. The species lived with pygmy elephants and Komodo dragons on a remote island in Indonesia.
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Darwin's "single-origin" theory gets a boost when scientists unlock the DNA of a Neanderthal skeleton.
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The archaic human species possessed a critical gene known to underlie speech, according to DNA evidence.
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Scientists unraveling the genetic history of head lice have found startling evidence that early humans mingled with a clan of hairy, distant cousins as recently as 25,000 years ago in Asia -- a
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Two molar teeth of around 63,400 years  old show that Neanderthal predecessors of humans may have been  dental hygiene fans, the Web site of newspaper El Pais reported  Tuesday.
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MODERN human beings may have wiped out two species of our closest relatives 25,000 years ago, possibly deliberately. The new research, by scientists at the University of Utah, raises the possibility that we
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By constructing a complete genome of the Neanderthal, researchers hope to solve the age-old mystery of just how close an ancestor this creature was.
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The Clovis people, known for their distinctive spear points, likely were not the first humans in the Americas, according to research placing their presence as more recent than previously believed.
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The brain-eating prehistoric humans also looked different from Neandertals elsewhere in Europe, a new study says.
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Neandertals may have died out like a bad movie&#151;by word of mouth. Modern humans' complex use of language sounded the defeat of their big-browed cousins, a new study says.
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WASHINGTON: Based on recent fossil evidences, American scientists have claimed that a chimp-sized hominid walked upright on two legs in Kenya&#39;s Tugen Hills over six million years ago, nearly three million years earlier than currently believed.
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A piece of jawbone found in a Devon cave is to be re-examined by scientists to see if it is from a Neanderthal man.
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Bones found at a prehistoric burial site indicate they belonged to victims of an Neolithic Age massacre, say scientists.
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Researchers studying Neanderthal DNA say it should be possible to construct a complete genome of the ancient hominid despite the degradation of the DNA over time.