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 ...

Recent studies reveal that Neanderthal gene variants affect how modern humans metabolize medications. Individuals with these gene variants metabolize certain drugs, like blood thinners and ...

Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our species out of Africa to ...

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 ...

Neanderthals were long stereotyped as primitive and dim-witted, but science has corrected that misconception, showing them as intelligent, cultural and connected to modern humans. This illustrates how ...

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 ...

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

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

Rex Heuermann is accused of killing at least seven women whose bodies were found on Long Island's Gilgo Beach.

Researchers have successfully extracted DNA from insects embedded within resin samples. This technique may eventually be used ...