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140,000-year-old child's skull may have been part modern human, part Neanderthal — but not everyone is convinced
A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...
First the dire wolf, now NZ's giant moa: Why real 'de-extinction' is unlikely to fly
The announcement that New Zealand's moa nunui (giant moa) is the next "de-extinction" target for Colossal Biosciences, in ...
A 140,000-Year-Old Skull May Point to a Lost Branch of the Human Tree
Researchers determined that a skull of a female child from Skhūl Cave in Israel shows both Homo sapiens and Neanderthal ...
New analysis of the Skhūl I skull: One of the oldest human burials in the world
In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.
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Update: Dire Wolves That Were Brought Back From Extinction Now Have Grown Twice Their Size in No Time
Scientists have made this dream a reality by bringing back dire wolves, a species extinct for over 10,000 years. These massive wolves, known from the TV show Game of Thrones, are now growing at an ...
Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child
"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...