The prevalence of seagrass throughout human civilisation has fostered spiritual and cultural relations with these underwater ...

Language is, and always has been, all around us - but how did it come to be? Who were the very first speakers, and what ...

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Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

It is the first time researchers use data from ... A New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding With Modern Humans Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans.

A groundbreaking study led by Bar-Ilan University reveals that starch-rich plants played a central role in the diet of ...

In this pioneering study, researchers analyzed 7,500-year-old African women and found a whole new human lineage.

As ancient communities shifted from foraging to farming, the forces driving this dramatic change weren’t always what many ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid ...