Eurasia and Africa were once populated by 13-tonne, 4 metre tall elephants, but their evolution has long remained a puzzle. A ...

Long ago, early humans shared the earth with several archaic human species, including Neanderthals and Denisovans. These species, were bipedal and close relatives of modern humans. They lived in ...

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing occurred. Such a revelation could help ...

New research reveals how genes inherited from Neanderthals and critical developmental markers like PITX2 influence tooth size, shedding light on human evolution and genetic diversity. Study ...

Scientists know something crucial happened to those who dispersed. "They met Neanderthals," says Sümer. To be more direct, prehistoric sparks flew. These early modern humans and the Neanderthals ...

A new study has narrowed the timeline of human-Neanderthal interactions to around 45,000 years ago, offering insights into our shared genetic history. The research, which involved scientists ...

THE important discoveries in the domain of human palaeontology which have been made in recent years, and those, far greater in number, which may be referred to the Neolithic period, have now made ...

Scientists know something crucial happened to those who dispersed. "They met Neanderthals," says Sümer. To be more direct, prehistoric sparks flew. These early modern humans and the Neanderthals had ...