Max Planck Institute evolutionary anthropologist Nada Salem and colleagues sequenced the ancient DNA of two female ...

Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t ...

Researchers in China have uncovered 55,000-year-old advanced tools, suggesting an unknown human species matched Neanderthal ...

Those of us who signed up for DNA testing kits from 23andMe did so thinking we’d unlock deep ancestral secrets. Maybe we’d ...

The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in ...

The tools, crafted using Quina method – a technique used by Neanderthals – have been found an archaeological site in ...

For millions of years, frogs have flourished in microbial swamps yet rarely falling ill. To survive these hostile environments, they evolved potent chemical defenses. Now, scientists are learning to ...

Ancient DNA is providing valuable insights that could help personalize treatments and drive innovations in modern medicine.

As for the dodo, the Nicobar Pigeon is the closest living relative, and the Solitaire, a type of extinct bird that was found ...

The interbreeding event contributed around 20% of modern human DNA, with these genes predominantly found in regions ...

A new study suggests a far more intricate genetic tapestry is involved in the ultimate ancestry of people in Japan.