Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...
Scientists say DNA evidence indicates male Neanderthals and human females interbred more often than opposite ...
Long before genetic testing and genome browsers, a small child was laid to rest in a shallow grave on the slopes of Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel. Today that youngster, known as Skhūl, is at the ...
Earlier migrations relied on “green corridors”—temporary windows of perfect weather that allowed people to move through ...
Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to ...