An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

In a nutshell A mammoth ivory boomerang discovered in a Polish cave is likely between 42,290 and 39,280 years old, making it ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Humans have been around on Earth for thousands of years, but there was a period when humanity was almost wiped out of ...

Scientists have pinpointed a time frame in which Neanderthals began "mixing" with modern humans, based on the DNA of early ...

Modern humans generate more brain neurons than Neanderthals Date: September 8, 2022 Source: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) ...

Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day people, according to two new studies.

It seems that every few weeks a new study expands our understanding of how Neandertal DNA affects modern human health and physiology. Researchers have found that some Neandertal DNA makes carriers ...

Analysis of the oldest-known genomes from early modern humans who lived in Europe indicates that the mixing occurred more recently than previous estimates, according to a paper published in Nature ...