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

If you've ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame. It has long been known that humans carry ...

A new study shows that our ability to digest carbs long predates the agricultural revolution, and even Neanderthals had ...

LSU anthropology professor attended a conference in Croatia, where she was invited to present her research on human ancestors ...

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

Such a discovery could broaden our understanding of human evolution and the interactions between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. However, at this stage, these revelations raise more questions than ...

Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were discovered, curiosity about these ancient hominins has surged. How did they ...

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

Analyzing the genomes of 68 ancient humans, including a 45,000-year-old sample from Siberia, the researchers found that ...

That study, in the journal Nature, suggested that humans acquired more copies of amylase genes with the arrival of ...

ISTANBUL –The latest study reveals that the salivary amylase gene may have duplicated as early as 800,000 years ago, long ...

William Mata2 minutes ago A comet not seen since Neanderthal times has made a spectacular ... every 80,000 years and made its last pass when humans were first venturing out of Africa.