Anthropologist Proposes Folding Australopithecus and Paranthropus into Genus Homo
Dr. Ian Towle, a researcher with the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University, proposes folding nearly 5 million…
Denisovans Were Surprisingly Tall, New Fossils from Taiwan Suggest
Two fossilized leg bones of Denisovans — an extinct archaic Homo group whose lineage diverged from the Neanderthal…
Neanderthal Gene Still Shapes Muscle and Jaws in Some Living Humans
Neanderthals vanished roughly 42,000 years ago, but a piece of their biology appears to be quietly at work…
Before meat came fruit: The human brain evolved millions of years ago thanks to sugar | Science
At first, we mainly ate fruit. Or rather, the most recent relative we share with our closest cousins,…
Study Points to Sugar, Not Just Meat, as Fuel for Human Brain Evolution
A team of researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow argues that dietary sugars,…
Scientists Find Traces of Two Unknown Archaic Hominins in Human DNA
New research led by the University of California, Berkeley reveals that beyond Neanderthals and Denisovans, humans interbred with…
Stone Tools from Armenian Cave Reveal Split Strategy for Survival 50,000 Years Ago
Ararat-1, a modest limestone cave that lies at an elevation of 1,034 m on the eastern flanks of…
Ancient Turkish Cave Reveals Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Shared Same Way of Life
Üçağızlı II Cave on Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast has yielded a rare and detailed record of two Homo species…
Modern Humans May Have Shared Culture With Neanderthals for 20,000 Years
Most people alive today possess a small amount of Neanderthal DNA—a biological relic from tens of thousands of…
Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared culture for over 20,000 years, cave study suggests
Neanderthals and modern humans appear to have shared far more than the same landscape. A new study from…
New Research Traces Origins of Human Laughter
The way humans laugh — in rapid, rhythmically timed bursts — is not uniquely ours. New research by…
Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Final Chapter of Neanderthal Life in Northwestern Europe
Scientists have generated genetic data from 27 Neanderthals who lived in Belgium and France less than approximately 52,500 years…