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Did a Drying Climate Doom the Hobbits?

The small-bodied ancient humans nicknamed “hobbits” lived on the island of Flores until they disappeared around 50,000 years ago. A new study points to a possible cause of their extinction: climate change that reduced rainfall and dried up freshwater sources

calendar 23.12.2025
reading-time 8 minutes

The Puzzling Story of the Origin of Man

How are we related to Neanderthals? Which species was discovered through fossil DNA? The more we know, the more complex the history of humankind becomes

calendar 12.2.2022
reading-time 15 minutes

Jaw of Contention: Who Was Nesher Ramla Homo?

Recently, Israeli researchers reported the discovery of an unknown type of ancient human. Now another pair of Israeli researchers claims that it is merely a Neanderthal

calendar 23.12.2021
reading-time 5 minutes

Nesher Ramla Homo: New Prehistoric Human Discovered in Israel

Fossilized human bones found near Ramla dating back to 120,000 years ago reveal a new type of human, hitherto unknown to science, and possibly of a source population for the European Neanderthals

calendar 1.7.2021
reading-time 9 minutes

A Decade of Science

Microbiomes, big data, the Higgs boson, and brain-computer interface

A Man Before his Time

Findings from a cave on Mt. Carmel indicate that modern humans departed Africa tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought

calendar 29.1.2018
reading-time 6 minutes