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Three views of a stone point made during the Middle Stone Age
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Stone Age Humans Chose Their Rocks with Care

by Nathaniel Scharping 19 March 202426 March 2024

Ancient humans possessed sophisticated knowledge of the properties of the stones they used to make tools.

A creek with tufts of grass growing in it winds through a rocky landscape
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Water Corridors Helped Homo sapiens Disperse out of Africa

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 2 November 20232 November 2023

Wetland conditions during the last interglacial period in parts of the Levant helped propel our ancestors into Arabia, new research suggests.

Illustration of early hominins arriving in a multibiome mosaic landscape
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Humans Adapted to Diverse Habitats as Climate and Landscapes Changed

by Deepa Padmanaban 10 July 202331 October 2023

Long-term changes in Earth’s climate affected the dispersal of human ancestors and their adaptation to diverse habitats, a new study finds.

A crew of about a dozen people handle a sediment core at their scientific drilling site at Chew Bahir in Ethiopia.
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Did a Chaotic Climate Drive Human Evolution?

by Elise Cutts 7 November 202231 October 2023

A new 620,000-year climate record from East Africa reveals dramatic swings between wet and dry conditions that may have influenced human evolution.

Aerial photo of a squared-off archaeological dig
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When Did Archaic Humans Control Fire?

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 15 December 202031 October 2023

A familiar geochemical technique shines a new spotlight on early hominin use of fire.

Aerial photo of sea ice extending to the horizon
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Three Times Tectonics Changed the Climate

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 22 November 201931 October 2023

Fifty years after the birth of modern plate tectonics theory, a group of researchers highlights three key examples of how our planet’s shape-shifting outer layer has altered our climate.

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