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A bone-powder sampling rig in an ancient-DNA clean lab, a drill bit caught mid-descent into a clamped fossil fragment above a sterile collection vial

Hominin Evolution and Deep Prehistory: A First-Principles Introduction

How fossils are identified and dated, how ancient DNA proves interbreeding between Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, and Denisovans, and what remains genuinely unresolved about the human family tree.

By Brecht Corbeel · September 14, 2026 · 12 min read

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