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Opening of Leang Panninge cave in Indonesia
7,200-Year-Old Skeleton Offers Clues to Early Human Migration
Analysis of DNA from remains found in an Indonesian cave provides new insight into human movements among the islands between East Asia and Australia.
7,200-Year-Old Skeleton Offers Clues to Early Human Migration
7,200-Year-Old Skeleton Offers Clues to Early Human Migration

Analysis of DNA from remains found in an Indonesian cave provides new insight into human movements among the islands between East Asia and Australia.

Analysis of DNA from remains found in an Indonesian cave provides new insight into human movements among the islands between East Asia and Australia.

human evolution, history

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Researchers’ simulations suggest that small population sizes and inbreeding made Neanderthal populations vulnerable to chance fluctuations in population size.
a fossilized fragment of human jawbone
Denisovan Fossil Identified in Tibetan Cave
Shawna Williams | May 1, 2019 | 4 min read
A mandible dating to 160,000 years ago is the first evidence of Denisovan hominins outside the Russian cave where they were first discovered in 2010.
Tibetan Plateau tools
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Shawna Williams | Mar 1, 2019 | 5 min read
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illustration of virus particles
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Modern humans retain DNA sequences from Neanderthals related to fighting off RNA-based viruses.
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