41,000 Years Ago, Something Weird in Space Changed How Humans Lived on Earth
Wandering magnetic fields would have had noticeable effects for humans. Credit: Maximilian Schanner (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences,…
The World’s First Human Hybrid? Ancient Fossil Stuns Scientists
The skull of Skhul I child showing cranial curvature typical of Homo sapiens. Credit: Tel Aviv University Scientists…
An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution
DNA evidence indicates that a skull unearthed in Harbin, China, belonged to a Denisovan Hebei GEO University One…
Denisovan and Neanderthal DNA helped the first Americans survive, study finds
The first people to set foot in the Americas crossed with them not only stone technology and survival…
Genetic mutation in key enzyme may explain why humans survived while Neanderthals went extinct
A minor genetic difference in one of the enzymes may have helped separate modern humans from Neanderthals and…
Neanderthal genes linked to rare brain-skull disorder, study finds
A recent study shows that Neanderthal DNA from ancient times can cause a neurological condition known as Chiari…
This Neanderthal Gene Might Be Holding Back Your Athletic Performance
If you’ve ever struggled to keep up in spin class or wondered why sprint training feels extra brutal,…
Archaeologists Were Digging Into a Hill—and Stumbled Upon a 125,000-Year-Old Factory
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study shows evidence of Neanderthal “fat factories”…
Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” 125,000 years ago on German lakeshore
Neanderthals in central Germany 125,000 years ago employed an advanced method of food preparation, according to a recent…