New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...

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

The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

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

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

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

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

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

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

Engineered frog-derived peptides may become powerful new antibiotics, showing strong results against resistant bacteria in ...

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