How Fire Burns May Have Shaped Human Evolution
A new theory published in BioEssays suggests that burns inflicted by fire use exerted selective pressure on human genes linked to wound hea…
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From 3 million years ago to the dawn of our era: archaeological discoveries, palaeogenetics, cave art and the great transformations of human societies.
A new theory published in BioEssays suggests that burns inflicted by fire use exerted selective pressure on human genes linked to wound hea…
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Read →Some sixty footprints fossilised in gypsum push back human arrival in North America by several millennia.
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