Scientists are planting endangered Wollemi pines in secret locations in a bid to bring them back from the brink of extinction – an effort that could take centuries.
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Genetic data show that the first humans survived in a group of only 1280 people
According to information, analyzed with a new technique, first humans were in danger of extinction 900,000 years ago. They survived in a group of only 1280 people.
Emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa
Our species first appeared in Africa more than 300,000 years ago.
1.4 million-year-old jawbone discover in Spain, that may be Europe’s earliest known human relative
The fossil was discovered in June in Sima del Elefante (Pit of the Elephant in Spanish), an archeological site in the Atapuerca Mountains close to Burgos in northern Spain that is renowned for its extensive fossil collection.
Genetic Origins of Earth’s First Farmers Confirmed
The earliest farmers came from a combination of two hunter-gatherer populations during a volatile period, not from a single group as one might imagine.