Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch
A model of a Neanderthal woman Joe McNally/Getty Modern humans may indeed have wiped out Neanderthals – but…
Fossil hand bones hint that ancient human relative Paranthropus made tools 1.5 million years ago
A 1.5-million-year-old set of hand bones, unearthed from a lake bed in Kenya, are the first to suggest…
Million-year-old skull reconstruction hints at a new chapter in human evolution
Scientists have reconstructed a million-year-old skull found in central China, and say they’ve identified which group of early…
The Origin of Language review: Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case
Beekman suggests the complexity of childcare drove language’s spread Shutterstock/Artem Varnitsin The Origin of LanguageMadeleine Beekman (Simon &…
Ancient viral DNA may play a key role in early human development, new study suggests
The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans ……
Ancient stone tools suggest early humans inhabited Sulawesi more than a million years ago
Ancient humans lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi at least a million years ago — 800,000 years…