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 ...

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 ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

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

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

From cave paintings to DNA discoveries, scientists are constantly coming across new clues about their intelligence, culture, ...

Scientists have made a surprising discovery about our ancient past: modern humans didn’t come from just one ancestral group, ...