Genetic research shows Neanderthals carried variants for red hair, freckles, and pale skin, while others had darker complexions. Populations living further north evolved lighter tones for vitamin D ...

New methods extracted ancient DNA from sediments in Siberia’s Denisova Cave, revealing both Neanderthal and Denisovan presence. Alongside the DNA, archaeologists uncovered Paleolithic jewelry, ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Sahara have been found to be from a group with a previously ...

Researchers have virtually reconstructed a crushed and distorted 1 million-year-old human skull discovered in China. The newly restored cranium may have belonged to a relative of the mysterious ...

A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a ...

Scientists have uncovered 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara that appear to belong to a mysterious lineage unlike any seen ...

The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we thought – which could ...

Mushrooms may not be the first food that comes to mind when we imagine the diets of wild primates – or our early human ...

A reconstruction of a one-million-year-old skull suggested that our species started to emerge hundreds of thousands of years ...

A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial ...

This is because the new analysis of the craniums also puts the Denisovans as the most closely related extinct human species ...