This finding suggests that Homo sapiens had a taste for starch much before the domestication of crops shaped the human diet.

A new study identifies 18 genome regions that influence tooth size and shape, of which 17 have not been linked to our chompers before – and shows how genetic variation affects tooth dimensions across ...

While humans and chimpanzees share many genes, alterations in gene activity may account for distinctive features of the human ...

While humans share over 95% of their genome with chimpanzees, our brains are far more complex due to differences in gene expression.

Banking Genius & Civic leader’ Gene Rainbolt dies at 95 ...

Learn how these Neanderthal findings shaped what we know about Neanderthals and how our ancient human past is intertwined.

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...

O n Earth today, there is only one species of humans. Us. Homo sapiens to use our scientific term. But this was not always the case – multiple species of humans existed at the same time for most of ...

saw groundbreaking medical advances, major space exploration milestones, and progress in ancient genetics, marking exciting ...

This interbreeding between species left an indelible mark that remains present in our current DNA. Between 50,500 and ...

University of California, Berkeley Assistant Professor’s Study Provides a New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding with ...