2 recent studies sequence DNA from the earliest Homo sapiens in Eurasia [arsTechnica, 9 April 2021]

Title:

2 recent studies sequence DNA from the earliest Homo sapiens in Eurasia

 

Author:

Kiona N. Smith

Published:

arsTechnica, 9 April 2021

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/2-recent-studies-sequence-dna-from-the-earliest-homo-sapiens-in-eurasia/

 

From the article:

DNA from the earliest Homo sapiens in Europe adds more detail to the story of our species’ expansion into Eurasia—and our complicated 5,000-year relationship with Neanderthals.

 

SOUTH AFRICA - New fossil tracks belonging to human ancestors found in South Africa

Title:

New fossil tracks belonging to human ancestors found in South Africa

 

Author:

Charles helm, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University

 

Published:

The Conversation, 22 October 2020

https://theconversation.com/new-fossil-tracks-belonging-to-human-ancestors-found-in-south-africa-148187

 

From the article:

* Around a hundred thousand years ago, South Africa’s Cape south coast was a busy place. Giraffes, crocodiles, hatchling sea turtles and large bird species populated the landscape. Early humans were there, too.  

 

We know all of this because of fossil tracksites that today dot the Cape south coast, which is about 400km east of Cape Town. These sites date to between 400,000 years and 35,000 years ago, to a geological epoch known as the Pleistocene. 

* Now we’ve found three further hominin tracksites – and possibly a fourth. The sites are described in a recently published article in the South African Journal of Science.

SingularityHub, 8 May 2020 - Will Humans Go Extinct? For All the Existential Threats, We’ll Likely Be Here for a Very Long Time

Title:
Will Humans Go Extinct? For All the Existential Threats, We’ll Likely Be Here for a Very Long Time

Author:
Nick Longrich

Published:
SingularityHub, 8 May 2020

From the article:
"Will our species go extinct? The short answer is yes. The fossil record shows everything goes extinct, eventually. Almost all species that ever lived, over 99.9 percent, are extinct.  

Some left descendants. Most—plesiosaurs, trilobites, Brontosaurus—didn’t. That’s also true of other human species. Neanderthals, Denisovans, Homo erectus all vanished, leaving just Homo sapiens. Humans are inevitably heading for extinction. The question isn’t whether we go extinct, but when."

To read this article:
https://singularityhub.com/2020/05/08/will-humans-go-extinct-for-all-the-existential-threats-well-likely-be-here-for-a-very-long-time/