Sediment DNA also traces life outside the cave. Predators dragged prey into sheltered chambers, humans left waste behind. By ...
The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...
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When modern humans first ventured out of Africa, they followed in the footsteps of another human species who dared leave before them. Eventually our bold ancestors caught up with their Neanderthal ...
Image via Getty Images Human remains previously discovered in 2007 were confirmed to be a missing Connecticut woman.
A prominent brow ridge with a brain as large as modern humans and Neanderthals — that’s what the archaic human group, the Denisovans, looked like, according to work published this week in Cell and ...
(CNN) — An enigmatic skull recovered from the bottom of a well in northeastern China in 2018 sparked intrigue when it didn’t match any previously known species of prehistoric human. Now, scientists ...