1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (387+ words) Over the past 10, 000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and leprosy in humans, according to a new study. Over the past 10, 000 years, natural selection has contributed to the evolution…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (528+ words) The last Neanderthals to survive in Europe came from a single lineage that survived the worst period of the ice age, ancient DNA reveals. Before Neanderthals went extinct, they experienced a major upheaval that resulted in just one of their…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (417+ words) Researchers extracted DNA from a Neanderthal bone fragment found in Russia's Denisova Cave, and the genome is shedding light on how small and isolated their groups were. Two Neanderthals present at the same cave site 10 millennia apart were distant relatives,…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (602+ words) In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had genetic ties with Mesopotamian DNA. Scientists have sequenced the oldest and most complete genome from ancient Egypt " and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (461+ words) A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes. When Neanderthals and modern humans first got together, they preferred pairings between Neanderthal men and human…...

3+ day, 27+ min ago  (230+ words) An analysis of DNA from Stone Age skeletons buried in Scotland reveals how people organized the burial of their dead. Stone Age people in northern Scotland buried related males " but not females " together in the same tomb, a new DNA…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (665+ words) Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, humans appeared in Africa " but identifying them in the fossil record is turning out to be surprisingly difficult. For 60 years, the earliest known human species has also been one of the most mysterious. Homo…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (437+ words) Potential explanations abound, yet recent research has shed new light on the question. Humans are the only species with a chin " a feature absent from even our closest relatives. Indeed, it's such a unique anatomical quirk that it's one of…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (735+ words) A double burial in Ukraine of two women from the Late Scythian culture contains a toxic red mineral, but exactly why it was used remains a mystery. Archaeologists in Ukraine have discovered red lumps of cinnabar " a mineral form of…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (249+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered the graves of two pre-Roman children who were buried like male warriors. Archaeologists in southern Italy have uncovered the graves of two children who were buried wearing large bronze belts nearly 2, 500 years ago. The metallic accessories are…...