Ape genes show we have gorillas in our midst
Our ancestors made the evolutionary split with gorillas about 10-million years ago but we still share a remarkable number of genes with the great ape.
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Homo erectus was first master chef
The first ancestor of modern humans to have mastered the art of cooking was likely homo erectus, which evolved around 1.9-million years ago.
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You owe your grandparents big time
Thirty-thousand years ago the human species had a senior moment. Numbers of adults reaching the age of 30 began to rise dramatically.
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Kenya fossil footprints show modern feet
Anthropologists have uncovered footprints in Kenya dating back 1,5-million years, the oldest evidence tthat our ancestors walked like modern humans.
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The incredible journey taken by our genes
Sixty thousand years ago, a small group of African men and women took to the Red Sea in tiny boats and crossed the Mandab Strait to Asia.
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