DNA from cave dirt traces Neanderthal upheaval
First nuclear DNA from sediment shows turnover, migration among ancient cave dwellers in Spain.
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Anthropology
- When modern humans met Neanderthals
Ancient genomes from first moderns in Europe tell stories of diverse origins, ancient trysts.
- The primitive brain of early Homo
Early Homo evolved a modern humanlike brain organization only after its first dispersal from Africa.
- Great Lakes people among first coppersmiths
New dates show Native Americans worked pure ore nearly 10,000 years ago
- England's Stonehenge was erected in Wales first
Stones were set upright before being moved east.
- Local convergence of behavior across species
Local conditions may select for similar foraging, social, and reproductive behaviors in humans, other mammals, and birds.
- Runners-up
Science has named nine scientific advances as runners-up for the 2020 Breakthrough of the Year.
