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Face of a 7,500-year-old woman reveals Gibraltar’s earliest humans

Analysis of a Neolithic skull revealed not only how she looked but also where her people originated far across the Mediterranean.

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Ancient DNA reveals diverse origins of Caribbean’s earliest inhabitants

The Caribbean, which today includes a diverse mix of human cultures, was one of the last places in the Americas occupied by people. Yet researchers don’t know precisely where these early migrants came from when they arrived somewhere between 8000 and 5000 years ago.
Strawberry Moon lunar eclipse of 2020 occurs today.

Today’s eclipse will be what astronomers dub a “penumbral eclipse,” which occurs when the outer ring of Earth’s shadow just grazes the moon.
A study proposes the low genetic diversity of the Neanderthals as the principal cause of their extinction

What caused the disappearance of Homo neanderthalensis, a species which apparently possessed as many capacities as Homo sapiens? There are several theories attempting to explain this: the climate, competition, low genetic diversity.
‘Unparalleled’ discovery of ancient skeletons sheds light on mystery of when people started eating maize

Until now little was known about when humans started eating the crop, now a staple of meals around the globe that shapes agricultural landscapes and ecosystem biodiversity.