ByLaura Geggelpublished1 day ago

We learned a lot about our ancestors in the last year.

https://www.livescience.com/10-discoveries-human-evolution-2021

A recreation of human ancestors stoking a fire by a cave.(Image credit: gorodenkoff via Getty Images)

Our human ancestors and relatives lived tens of thousands to millions of years ago, and we still have much to learn about their existence and abilities. In 2021, researchers investigated all kinds of clues, including ancient skulls that shed light on the evolution ofHomobrains, bones from previously unknownHomospecies and fossilized footprints that revealed just how early humans arrived in North America.

Here are 10 amazing discoveries about our human predecessors that scientists made in 2021.

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1. Early humans had…