New research has revealed an incredible discovery: modern humans carry 20% of their genetic material from a mysterious ...

Primatologists weigh in on the debate that has ignited the internet: Could 100 humans beat a single silverback gorilla in physical combat?

What’s extraordinary about the discovery is that it was made by Neanderthals, demonstrating that this human species was already developing advanced hunting tools long before modern humans arrived in ...

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “There is no such thing as an innocent map,” observes Philippe Rekacewicz in his catalogue essay that ...

Skull of a neanderthal. Screenshot from The Life and Death of a Neanderthal (Shanidar 1) Source: YouTube Channel: Stefan Milo Recent discoveries provide new insights into why Neanderthals became ...

A: Diagram of the Great Tumulus of Vergina with the 4 graves and the Heroon (Shrine). Tomb I, a cist tomb, is situated next to the foundations of Heroon. B: Representation of the Tombs in the Great ...

It is the first time researchers use data from ... A New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding With Modern Humans Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans.

Apr. 9, 2025 — A new genomic study has uncovered long-lost genetic diversity in mammoth lineages spanning over a million years, providing new insights into the evolutionary history of these ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scientists have grave concerns. When news broke that Colossal Biosciences, a ...