Download our poster of the biggest milestones, from the discovery of the viral family in humans in the 1960s to the identification of SARS-CoV-2. Shawna was an editor at The Scientist from 2017 ...

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Now, a new discovery in northern Israel shifts the timeline of human history even further, suggesting Homo sapiens first left Africa at least 180,000 years ago. In 2002, a team of archaeologists ...

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The discovery of the bridge challenges previously established timelines regarding human presence on the island. Earlier estimates suggested that humans arrived around 4,400 years ago. However ...

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