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How activity in Earth’s mantle led the ancient ancestors of elephants, giraffes, and humans into Asia and Africa

What roils beneath the Earth’s surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that…

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Prehistoric bone tool ‘factory’ hints at early development of abstract reasoning in human ancestors

The oldest collection of mass-produced prehistoric bone tools reveal that human ancestors were likely capable of more advanced abstract reasoning…

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Three million years ago, our ancestors were vegetarian

Human ancestors like Australopithecus — which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa — ate very little to…

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