Perhaps our worst evolutionary development is cognitive dissonance.
#modernhumans

The History Files: Early Cyprus

Early Cyprus: according to #archaeology, the earliest presence on #Cyprus of anatomically #modernhumans dates to the period around 10,000 BC, as the most recent #iceage was ending.

www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEur...

#history #historyfiles #mesolithic #ancienteurope #ancientworld

The floor of Bruniquel Cave showing broken stalagmites arranged in elliptical rings (c.176,000 years ago)

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Camilla Power on
'Neanderthals, Homo sapiens and the human revolution'

#humanorigins #Neanderthals #modernhumans #symbolicculture #anthropology #archaeology #fossils

When the romance between #ModernHumans and #Neanderthals began.

Per SM: "Though some might be surprised to see Neanderthal DNA in their ancestry test results, people of non-African descent derive 1 to 4 percent of their genomes from this extinct human cousin."

Neanderthal legacy: The surprising genetics behind human tooth size A recent study identifies key genetic factors—PITX2 expression and Neanderthal-introgressed HS3ST3A1—that contribute to variations in tooth size among modern human populations, especially highlighting...

Neanderthal legacy: The surprising genetics behind human tooth size 🧬🦷🧪 www.news-medical.net/news/2024121... #Genetics #Evolution #HumanTeeth #DentalResearch #Neanderthals #ModernHumans #GenomeStudy #ToothMorphology #ScienceNews #PITX2

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Hominin #fossils from Grotte #Mandrin in #France document first alternating occupation of #Neanderthals and #ModernHumans between 56,800 and 51,700 years ago:

L. Slimak et al., @ScienceAdvances 8(6), 2022....

Original study by @DavidEnard & @PetrovADmitri ("Evidence that #RNA #Viruses Drove Adaptive Introgression between #Neanderthals and #ModernHumans") published in @CellCellPress 175(2), 2018, 360-371:

www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674...