Discovery of Genetic Mutation That Separates Humans and Neanderthals

An international team of scientists representing Russia, Germany, and the United States have found a unique mechanism at work in the DNA of…

Humans and Neanderthals Met and Mated 50,000 Years Ago in Negev Desert

A recent re-examination of artifacts collected from Israel’s central Negev desert has revealed important details about the development of human culture in the…

Britain’s Earliest Humans Found In the Suburbs of Canterbury

Updated 22 June, 2022 - 14:50 ashley cowie Hunter's tools excavated in England over a century ago have been dated to, wait for…

The Earliest Known Human Ancestor is a What?

Updated 7 November, 2017 - 18:56 aprilholloway For those that believe human beings were created in God’s own image, the idea that we…

How and Why Humans (and Other Mammals) Lost Most of their Body Hair

Updated 6 January, 2023 - 00:59 Nathan Falde For decades scientists have been puzzled and intrigued by a most fascinating question, which is:…

Virtual Reality Tracks 75,000-Year-Old Footsteps of Sahul Explorers

Updated 8 February, 2023 - 13:58 ashley cowie Newly published and ground-breaking research has revealed previously unknown information about the populating of the…

Turkey May Have Developed Human Ancestors Nine Million Years Ago

Modern humans first left Africa and migrated to Eurasia between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago . But a fossilized skeleton with surprisingly human-like…

The Overlooked Secret to Human Evolution is “Downclimbing”

One of the watershed moments in the evolution of ‘human’ or ‘ Homo ’ history is when the first hominids descended from the…

Age of the Wise Men: What Distinguishes Homo Sapiens from Apes?

Homo sapiens  represents the last of a long line of hominins that once consisted of five different species spanning four continents. Today, we…

Reassessing Neanderthals: Do They Truly Belong to the Same Species as Us?

Neanderthals have been recognized as a species distinct from modern humans for quite some time. But if a trio of researchers from universities…

In Neolithic Times, cultural practices contributed to women’s shorter stature than men’s.

There is an assumption even today that height is determined almost exclusively by genetics. But this is based on a type of genetic…