Paleolithic
Prehistoric period
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| August 31 2023 |
Homo
Researchers reported a significant human ancestor population bottleneck based on genetic studies, revealing that the population reduced to between 1,000 and 100,000 individuals and lasted approximately 117,000 years, nearly bringing human ancestors to extinction between 930,000 and 813,000 years ago.
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| 2021 |
Homo
Nesher Ramla Homo discovered in Israel and officially recognized.
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| 2018 |
Evolution of human intelligence
A research study proposed the 'transformative cultural intelligence hypothesis' by investigating four-year-old children's problem-solving skills in different social contexts. The experiment involved children attempting to extract a floating object from a tube using water, demonstrating that physical cognition can be significantly influenced by social presentation of tasks.
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| 2018 |
Evolution of human intelligence
Muthukrishna and researchers constructed a model based on the cultural intelligence hypothesis, revealing relationships between brain size, group size, social learning, and mating structures through evolutionary simulation.
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| 2013 |
Homo
H. naledi discovered in South Africa, with official publication of its name in 2015.
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| 2010 |
Homo
A separate South African species, Homo gautengensis, was postulated as a contemporary of Homo erectus.
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