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Joseph Shavit

Meet the world's first Neandertal family

Ancient genomes of 13 Neandertals provide a rare snapshot of their community and social organization over hundreds of thousands of years.

Joseph Shavit

Ancient 'sharks' appeared much earlier than previously thought

The first appearance of shark-like ‘jawed fish’ may have happened some 15 million years earlier than previously thought.

Joseph Shavit

Prehistoric “Swiss Army knife” shows how early humans communicated

In a world first, researchers have revealed that early humans across southern Africa made a particular type of stone tool in the same shape.

Joseph Shavit

Prehistoric marine giants found 2,800 meters above sea level

The first ichthyosaurs swam through the primordial oceans in the early Triassic period about 250 million years ago and weighed 80 tons.

Joseph Shavit

Early man's food choices discovered through prehistoric pot residue

To reconstruct the cookery of people who lived thousands of years ago, bones and plant remains can tell us which ingredients were available

Joseph Shavit

On ancient Earth, it never rained but it poured

Earth may have experienced cycles of dryness followed by massive rain storms hundreds of miles wide that could dump feet of rain per hour.

Joseph Shavit

Experts name new species of human ancestor

This species lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene, around half a million years ago, and was the direct ancestor of modern humans.

Joshua Shavit

New discovery into how early dinosaurs lived 193 million years ago

A new study shows that 193 million years ago, dinosaurs lived in herds -- much earlier than previously thought.

Joseph Shavit

Earliest bone tools to produce clothing found in Morocco -- 120,000 years old

The study provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.

Joseph Shavit

New discovery reveals what may be first example of art in the world

An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered in Tibet.

Joseph Shavit

DNA analysis shows prehistoric humans mated with their cousins far less than modern man

Today, more than 10 percent of all global marriages occur among first or second cousins. Ancient humans rarely chose their cousins as mates.

Joshua Shavit

Massive new animal species discovered in half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale

Titanokorys was a giant compared to most animals that lived in the seas at that time, most of which barely reached the size of a finger.