Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests

Pyrite's extreme rarity in the local area – it was not present in a database of 33,000 samples from Barnham – strongly suggested it had been sourced from chalky coastal outcrops tens of kilometres away and brought to the area for use as a fire striker. "It's incredible that some of the oldest groups of Neanderthals had the knowledge of the properties of flint, pyrite and tinder at such an early date," said Ashton. 

Geochemical tests also showed that a patch of reddened clay had been heated to temperatures of over 700C (1,292F) with repeated fire-use in the same location of the site. Together, this strongly suggested that a campfire, or hearth, that had been used by people on several occasions, according to the paper published in Nature...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/10/man-made-fire-350000-years-earlier-than-previously-known-after-discovery-in-suffolk

 

Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out of Africa - The New York Times

DNA from European fossils dating back 45,000 years offers new clues to how our species spread across the world...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/science/oldest-human-genomes-lrj-neanderthals.html

Explaining Humans to Aliens

https://youtu.be/92HThhW0pAE

Human cells grown in monkey embryos reignite ethics debate | Medical research | The Guardian

Scientists confirm they have produced 'chimera' embryos from long-tailed macaques and humans...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/15/human-cells-grown-monkey-embryos-reignite-ethics-debate

The origins of human kindness may be found in these surprisingly generous apes | TheHill

...But research suggests we aren't the only ones who've learned to show empathy for one another and a recent report by NPR suggests that another species of ape holds clues to the evolution of kindness in people...

https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/546073-the-origins-of-human-kindness-may-be-found-in

Fates of humans and insects intertwined, warn scientists

Experts call for solutions to be enforced immediately to halt global population collapses ....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/20/fates-humans-insects-intertwined-scientists-population-collapse

Poll: Two in Five Americans Still Believe God Created Humans 10,000 Years Ago - Gizmodo

A new Gallup poll shows that 40 percent of American adults comply to a strict view of creationism, in which God brought humans into existence within the last 10,000 years. More encouragingly, a record number of Americans now say God had absolutely nothing to do with it.....
https://gizmodo.com/poll-two-in-five-americans-still-believe-god-created-h-1836731477

Why humans may have more in common with chimps than we thought

What can humans learn about ourselves from studying chimpanzees? Primatologist Frans de Waal has spent almost three decades studying the behavior and intelligence of chimpanzees. Now, he’s focused on their emotional lives--and he’s found primates and people aren’t so different in how they react to circumstances and each other. Jeffrey Brown talks to de Waal about the implications of his findings...
https://youtu.be/KcQklVXcJY0

Multiple lines of mysterious ancient humans interbred with us - National Geographic

Modern DNA suggests that the Denisovans were surprisingly diverse—and may have been the last humans other than Homo sapiens on Earth.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/04/enigmatic-human-relative-outlived-neanderthals/

Mr. Deity and the Science Advisor

Mr. Deity is told that his design for the humans leaves something to be desired.....
Interview:
https://youtu.be/2Clm6nlWxzc

Humans Didn’t Evolve From a Single Ancestral Population -- Gizmodo

In the 1980s, scientists learned that all humans living today are descended from a woman, dubbed "Mitochondrial Eve," who lived in Africa between 150,000 to 200,000 years ago. This discovery, along with other evidence, suggested humans evolved from a single ancestral population—an interpretation that is not standing the test of time. ...
https://gizmodo.com/humans-didn-t-evolve-from-a-single-ancestral-population-1827483838

Humans bred with this mysterious species more than once, new study shows - The Washington Post

We rarely portray Neanderthals, our close relatives, as telegenic. Museum exhibits give them wild tangles of hair, and Hollywood reduces them to grunting unsophisticates. Their skulls suggest broad faces, tiny chins and jutting brows. But to mock Neanderthals is to mock ourselves: Homo sapiens had lots of sex with Homo neanderthalensis. Neanderthal genes supply between 1 percent and 4 percent of the genome in people from homelands on several continents, from Britain to Japan to Colombia.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/03/15/humans-bred-with-this-mysterious-species-more-than-once-new-study-shows/

15,000 Scientists From 184 Countries Are Warning Humankind We Are Screwed -- VICE

Human impacts on the environment are putting our future at risk, they say. ....
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59yqj8/world-scientists-warning-to-humanity-second-notice-climate-change-environment

Rick Perry wrongly downplays human role in climate change

Energy Secretary Rick Perry downplayed the role of human activity in the recent rise in the Earth’s temperature, saying natural causes are likely the main driver of climate change. Perry was asked in a CNBC interview if he believed carbon dioxide was the "primary control knob" for the earth’s temperature.

"No. Most likely the primary control knob is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in," Perry said in the June 19 interview.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/jun/22/rick-perry/rick-perry-wrongly-downplays-human-role-climate-ch/

Oldest homo sapiens bones ever found shake foundations of the human story

Idea that modern humans evolved in East Africa 200,000 years ago challenged by extraordinary discovery of 300,000-year-old remains in Moroccan mine ...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/07/oldest-homo-sapiens-bones-ever-found-shake-foundations-of-the-human-story

New Evidence Suggests Humans Arrived In The Americas Far Earlier Than Thought

Researchers in Southern California say they've uncovered evidence that humans lived there 130,000 years ago.

If it's true, it would be the oldest sign of humans in the Americas ever — predating the best evidence up to now by about 115,000 years. And the claim has scientists wondering whether to believe it....
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/26/525628056/new-evidence-suggests-humans-arrived-in-the-americas-far-earlier-than-thought?ft=nprml&f=1001

The first people who populated the Americas

Many thousands of years ago, not a single human being lived in the Americas. This only changed during the last Ice Age. It was a time when most of North America was covered with a thick sheet of ice, which made the Americas difficult to inhabit. But at some point during this time, adventurous humans started their journey into a new world....
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170328-the-first-people-who-populated-the-americas