Big Difference Between Neanderthal and Modern Human Brains Discovered

Updated 9 September, 2022 - 18:50 Sahir Neanderthals, a subspecies of archaic humans who split from modern humans sometime between 300,000 and 80,000…

Survivors of Black Death Passed on Genetic Risk to Autoimmune Disease

We may have a lot more to thank (or curse) our ancestors for than we realize. When the Black Death or the bubonic…

Neanderthal-Human Sex Caused a Million Covid Deaths

Updated 17 June, 2022 - 14:43 ashley cowie About 60,000 years ago, a human had a sexual encounter with a Neanderthal. Now, a…

Ancient DNA Analysis Reconstructs Legacy of the Biblical Levites

The biblical Levites were a group of people from the tribe of Levi set apart for religious service in ancient Israel. The most…

Modern Humans Derived Their Long and Broad Noses From Neanderthals

Long dismissed for being our brutish ancestors, we share more with Neanderthals than we think, and increasingly research is showing us just how…

Genetic Research Uncovers Our Human Ancestors’ Near-Extinction

Approximately one million years ago, the Earth was populated by a few hundred thousand or so ancient human ancestors. But about 900,000 years…