In the latest edition of the journal The Innovation , a team of evolutionary scientists led by Professor Qiang Ji from Hebei GEO…
A small indigenous group surviving on the Bataan Peninsula on the Philippine island of Luzon has more Denisovan DNA than any other ethnic…
In his newly published book Between Ape and Human , retired anthropologist Gregory Forth breaks the taboo that normally separates traditional anthropological and…
Researchers at the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa, famous for the discovery of ‘Little Foot’ and a ream of other ancient hominin remains,…
There is no smoke without a fire, or so they say, and a group of scientists are applying this thinking to develop new…
Updated 19 July, 2023 - 19:01 Sahir Excavated in the 1990s, the legendary Schöningen spears from Germany, the oldest weapons in human history,…
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…
Neanderthals have been recognized as a species distinct from modern humans for quite some time. But if a trio of researchers from universities…
Updated 9 December, 2023 - 01:00 Robbie Mitchell The majority of Neanderthals , much like modern Homo sapiens, exhibited a strong preference for…