Climate vs competition: what killed our closest relatives?
The extinction of Neanderthals approximately 40,000 years ago remains one of the most debated topics in evolutionary science.…
Ancient coupling may have happened more between human females and Neanderthal males
NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the…
How DNA from cave dirt is revealing clues about early humans and Neanderthals
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Denisovan Mucus Gene May Have Helped Humans Survive in The Americas
Our ancestors are known to have gotten frisky with other, now-extinct species of humans, leaving traces in our…
Fossils show two types of ancient human ancestors lived at the same place and time. One was possibly an unknown species
Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of…