One of the 20th-century's biggest quests was to find the “missing link,” a being who connected humans to their pre-historic ...

A 20-year DNA study by Spanish scientists suggests Christopher Columbus may have been a Spanish and Jewish, born in Valencia ...

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

C/2023 A3 has been dubbed a potential “comet of the century” because of its beautiful cometary tail that is visible to the ...

A comet that some are calling "the comet of the century" will soon be visible. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS is ...

Was the biggest bug to ever live a predator? Scientists claim that the huge primitive millipede was a plant eater.

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

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience ...

Archaeologists from the University of Valladolid have discovered in the Millán Cave, located in the northern Iberian ...

Throughout modern humans’ genetic makeup, approximately two percent of our DNA is inherited from Neanderthals. The inherited DNA has shaped various traits and susceptibilities, as disclosed by experts ...

Traditionally, there was a belief that the Japanese population came down from two major groups: the rice-farming migrants ...

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 ...