Search results for atapuerca

Archaeology Mar 10, 2024

The first Europeans reached Ukraine 1.4 million years ago, new study finds

During warm periods in Earth's history, known as interglacials, glaciers the size of continents pulled back to reveal new landscapes. These were new worlds for early humans to explore and exploit, and 1.4 million years ago ...

Evolution Mar 8, 2024

Research explores the development of our most human attribute: The chin

You probably don't think much about your chin, except as a convenient place to rest your head while you stare at a computer screen. But consider this: It's the most recognizably human thing about you.

Earth Sciences Sep 19, 2023

Researchers study the depths of the Sierra de Atapuerca

Josep M. Parés, coordinator of the Geochronology and Geology Program at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is the co-leader of a geological study published in the journal Marine and ...

Archaeology Aug 16, 2023

13-year-old girl found in Iberian cave was an Early Neolithic pioneer, predating funerary traditions by 1,000 years

Research led by the Universidad de Alcala, Spain, has revisited Early Neolithic human remains found within the Galería del Sílex cave in Spain's Sierra de Atapuerca cave system.

Social Sciences Apr 5, 2023

Opinion: Racist and sexist depictions of human evolution still permeate science, education and popular culture today

Systemic racism and sexism have permeated civilization since the rise of agriculture, when people started living in one place for a long time. Early Western scientists, such as Aristotle in ancient Greece, were indoctrinated ...

Paleontology & Fossils Mar 9, 2023

Carnivores did not participate in the accumulation of human remains at the Sima de los Huesos site

The Atapuerca Research Team (EIA) participated in a paper led by the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), that presents a taphonomic analysis of the bone alterations in the skeletons of more ...

Archaeology Jan 18, 2023

Neanderthals are not the only species whose dentition is characterized by the possession of thin enamel

The Dental Anthropology Group of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has participated in a paper published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology on the dental remains of ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 3, 2023

Cells found to possess two mechanisms that allow them to respond to different force ranges

A study carried out at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) heralds a paradigm change in the field of mechanobiology. The study reveals that cells respond to forces of differing strength using use ...

Archaeology Dec 1, 2022

Recently found 'neanderthal footprints' in the South of Spain could be 275,000 years old

A little over a year ago we reported on a large area at the foot of the Asperillo cliff, on the coast of the Doñana Natural Area in Huelva, Spain. There, along with numerous animal footprints, other footprints had been found—those ...

Evolution Nov 15, 2022

Earliest human fossils in the UK reveal how ancient Europeans were connected

Piecing together the story of human evolution is an undeniably complex task.

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