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Scientists found an 8-year-old Neanderthal child in a Belgian cave, and the molar DNA found is said to be the oldest human genetic code ever sequenced, turning one hillside into a rare window on our deep pastA young Neanderthal girl, the "Scladina child," unearthed in Belgium, has revolutionized our understanding of these ancient relatives. Her ...
Discovery of 16 human bones changed the course of history. How they survived 40,000 years ago and did climate change made them extinct?A remarkable discovery of 16 bones in Germany's Neander Valley in 1856 challenged prevailing scientific beliefs about human origins. Initia...
Scientists just cracked a mystery that's puzzled researchers for centuries; why are 90% of humans right-handed?Why are 90% of humans right-handed? A new study published in PLOS Biology suggests that human right-handedness may have evolved because of ...
Why are 90% humans right-handed? Scientists finally find a fascinating answerScientists have uncovered a new theory for why most humans are right-handed. A major study suggests upright walking and a rapidly expanding...
Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn’t BeFossilized human footprints discovered in Saudi Arabia's Nefud Desert, dating back 115,000 years, challenge traditional migration theories....
What Was Hidden in Gibraltar’s Cliffs for 40,000 Years? Archaeologists Just Found OutArchaeologists unearthed a sealed chamber in Gibraltar's Vanguard Cave. This untouched space, sealed for 40,000 years, preserves a unique g...
Scientists Found Tiny Arrowheads in a Central Asian Cave… But Why Do They Date Back 80,000 Years?New discoveries in Uzbekistan are challenging old ideas about human migration. Tiny stone tools, dating back 80,000 years, suggest modern h...
What Did Early Humans Sound Like… and How Are Scientists Reconstructing Voices Lost for Millions of Years?Scientists are reconstructing the sounds of early human communication by examining fossil anatomy, primate behavior, and brain research. Ev...
Humans’ survival secret may lie in a single gene; Scientists find subtle mutation may explain why other hominins vanishedA new study reveals a subtle genetic mutation in modern humans' brain chemistry, specifically affecting the ADSL enzyme. This mutation, uni...
Five ancient human species that lived alongside modern humans revealed: New insights into our prehistoric cousinsScientific research confirms that modern humans coexisted with other ancient human species. These species include Neanderthals, Denisovans,...
They survived ice ages and hunted mammoths; so why did the Neanderthals suddenly disappear? Now a physicist blames something in the skyScientists explore the mystery of Neanderthal extinction. A new theory links their disappearance to the Laschamp event. This event weakened...
Advanced weapons built 80,000 years ago, unearthed in Russia, has no human connectionAn 80,000-year-old bone spear tip, unearthed in Russia, challenges previous assumptions about Neanderthal capabilities. This discovery sugg...
When Asians finally colonised EuropeOr so scientists studying caves in the Rhone Valley excavations in France believe. Homo sapiens from western Asia had earlier made two atte...
Is this the real-life Flintstones? Geneticists discover remains of a Neanderthal family in caves of SiberiaAmong the 13 Neanderthals discovered , five were children or pre-teens.
Neanderthals, humans co-existed in Europe for over 2,000 years: studyResearch by Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paabo, who won the medicine Nobel prize last week, helped reveal that people of European descent...
Homo who? A new mystery human species has been discovered in IsraelAs researchers Israel Hershkovitz, Yossi Zaidner and colleagues detail in two companion studies published in Science, this archaic human co...
- Early humans were smarter than previously thought
New York, May 9 (IANS) Our ancestors predating Neanderthals might have been much smarter that we thought as researchers have found evidence...
- Human DNA discovered in caves without skeletal remains
Washington, April 28 (IANS) An international team of researchers has successfully retrieved human DNA in cave sediments where no skeletal r...
- Neanderthals were adept at making tools, artefacts
London, Sep 21 (IANS) Neanderthals were far smarter than previously thought as researchers have confirmed that our ancient cousins were res...
Like humans, Neanderthals used toothpicks too, says studyResearchers from University of York in the UK found traces of wood trapped in fossilised plaque stuck to Neanderthal teeth.