A pilot study from Bournemouth University found six regulatory DNA variants – some inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans ...

The findings, described in the journal Nature, push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by roughly ...

Around 45,000 years ago, something unusual occurred in Ice Age Europe. A wave of modern humans, having migrated from the southeast, arrived in a continent already populated by Neanderthals. These ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Scientists sequenced genomes from 28 individuals dated between 225 and 10,275 years old. These remains came from regions ...

A new study suggests that certain genetic differences, passed down from ancient human ancestors, and exposure to common ...

It seems that southern Africa provided an ecological refuge where people adapted successfully for more than 200,000 years – ...

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Bournemouth University study links ancient genetics and modern pollutants to endometriosis risk, highlighting DNA, chemical exposure, and ...

Seven 115,000-year-old human footprints have been discovered, preserved in an ancient lakebed in Saudi Arabia.

Thieves who stole over $100 million in crown jewels from the Louvre in October escaped with just 30 seconds to spare, ...

Two genomes from 7,000 years ago found in the Takarkori rock shelter reveal a lost lineage from North Africa in the Green Sahara.