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Ancient DNA Reveals a Genetic Surprise in The Last Neanderthals
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (418+ words) Genetic deterioration may not have been the major cause of Neanderthal extinction, new evidence suggests....
Humans in The Andes Seem to Have Evolved a Strange Genetic Ability
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (450+ words) Over thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people deathly ill....
Human Ancestors May Have Used Fire Far Earlier Than We Thought, Study Reveals
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (321+ words) When it comes to phenomena that may have changed the course of human history, fire has to be near the top of the list....
Surprising Number of People Linked to Early US Colonists, DNA Study Finds
4+ week, 2+ day ago (316+ words) A new genealogical study shows how genetic analyses threading together DNA across centuries can save stories of historical migration and ancestry from being eternally lost to time....
Mysterious Collapse Reshaped Europe 5, 000 Years Ago, Scientists Say
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (835+ words) The growth of the human population has not always been a smooth ride, but has been punctuated by some strange fluctuations. At multiple points in our history, populations have dramatically imploded. One such period occurred during the Neolithic, around 5, 000 years…...
A New DNA Revelation Rewrites The History of The Neanderthals in Europe
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (644+ words) An international team of researchers has found that Neanderthals suffered a major population crash that started around 75, 000 years ago. While they did bounce back for a while, almost all late Neanderthals in Europe were descendants of one small group. This…...
Ancient Fragments Could Be The World's Oldest Known Geometry
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (584+ words) Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, structured, and geometrical in their thinking some 60, 000 years ago, according to some intricately engraved ostrich eggshells found across southern Africa. The surviving fragments from these decorated shells, first described in 2010, are not randomly scribbled, like…...
Human Evolution May Be Undergoing a Major Shift Right Before Our Eyes
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (795+ words) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey. According to multiple teams of scientists, human culture " technology, medicine, and our remarkable collaborative problem-solving skills " may…...
Humans in The Andes Appear to Have Evolved a Strange Genetic Ability
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (801+ words) For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking water that would make most people deathly ill. There, naturally occurring arsenic in volcanic bedrock leaches into the groundwater, contaminating the local water supply with levels…...
Neanderthal DNA Is Missing From Our X Chromosome. This Could Be Why.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (521+ words) A new genetic analysis offers some ancient gossip: The pairings were more often female humans with male Neanderthals. How exactly this happened remains a huge question mark. Did human women venture into Neanderthal populations, or were the Neanderthal males drawn…...