Neanderthals might have lived as ‘different human form’ instead of separate species, scientists say - ‘We demonstrate that ...

Humanity’s love of carbohydrates started 800,000 years ago when cavemen developed genes to break down starchy food, a study ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...

OUR love of chips, bread and cakes holds millions of us back from a slim waist and perfect health – and it dates back ...

The conclusions are tentative, but it’s possible our closest relatives relied too much on the advantage gravity gave them.

Research shows some African populations have almost no Neanderthal DNA, while those from European or Asian backgrounds have 1 ...

Some years ago, when the topic of the prehistory of the Armenian highlands came up, the first things that would come to mind ...

For decades, we've thought of our Neanderthal cousins as brutish, primitive beings. Second-class humans driven extinct by their own fallibility and stupidity. But as we are fast learning ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

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