New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens repeatedly interbred, shared genes, and merged populations over the course of nearly 250,000 ...

The enzyme AMPD1 plays a key role in muscle energy production and normal muscular function. Loss of AMPD1 activity due to ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

According to new research, Neanderthal DNA genes could be the reason that some people are more prone to a type of ...

A groundbreaking study reveals a 140,000-year-old child skull found in Israel may represent the first identified hybrid ...

Several other ancient human species had different skull shapes to our own ... We know that African populations have less Neanderthal DNA than populations in Europe and Asia, which should be reflected ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

A groundbreaking study of the Skhūl I skull challenges our understanding of early human evolution.

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

Remarkably, in all cases the subject’s hearing improved, with effects taking hold within a month and an average improvement ...