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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...
- DNA from 7000-year-old African Mummy reveals previously unknown human lineage in Sahara desert 50,000 years agoSahara Mummy DNA: DNA extracted from two 7,000-year-old naturally preserved individuals found in Libya's Takarkori rock shelter has reveale...
- In 2024, scientists studied a 52,000-year-old mammoth, and found something ancient DNA was never expected to keepA remarkably preserved Siberian woolly mammoth, dating back 52,000 years, has yielded an astonishing discovery: fossilized chromosomes. Thi...
- A single jawbone from Taiwan just changed what scientists knew about DenisovansA mysterious ancient jawbone found in Taiwan has been identified as a Denisovan man. This discovery rewrites our understanding of these ear...
- 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 ...
- A massive DNA discovery just rewrote everything we thought we knew about the Japanese peopleA groundbreaking DNA study has uncovered evidence of a third ancestral group contributing to Japan's population, originating from northeast...
- What the X chromosome revealed about Neanderthals and early humansNew genetic research reveals ancient human and Neanderthal interactions followed a surprising pattern. Scientists found more modern human D...
- Neanderthal babies may have grown at surprisingly rapid speeds compared with modern humansScientists unearthed a Neanderthal infant, Amud 7, in Israel. Its bones and brain were larger than expected for its age. This suggests Nean...
- 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...
- Neanderthals may have created the first known symbolic art as scientists discover world’s oldest human fingerprintArchaeologists in Spain have unearthed a 43,000-year-old pebble bearing a Neanderthal fingerprint, potentially the oldest known. The red oc...
- 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...
- Three viruses found in 50,000-old Neanderthal bones still affect humans todayResearchers at Brazil's Federal University of São Paulo have discovered that Neanderthals from 50,000 years ago were infected with three vi...
- 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...
- Meet Svante Paabo, the Swedish scientist who won Nobel in medicine. His father got it in 1982Techniques that Paabo spearheaded allowed researchers to compare the genome of modern humans and that of other hominins - the Denisovans as...
- Nobel Prize winner Svante Paabo's work: Neanderthal genome, DenisovansSvante Paabo and colleagues extracted and sequenced the first Neanderthal genome from ancient bones. He also brought to light the existence...
- Nobel prize in medicine awarded for research on evolutionSwedish scientist Svante Paabo won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for his discoveries on human evolution that provided key insi...
- Neanderthals were first known artists on Earth: StudyLondon, Feb 23 (IANS) It's not modern humans but Neanderthals who were the first known artists on Earth, say scientists who found evidence ...
- Andaman tribes may have a new human ancestorScientists at NIBMG, West Bengal, working with those from the Pompeu Fabra University, Spain, made this discovery after analysing genetic s...
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