Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the ...

The extinction of the Neanderthals is one of the most intriguing mysteries in paleoanthropology, with researchers speculating ...

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered because it carries ...

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered to between 27,700 and ...

And they take this Neanderthal mixture with them ... despite the big revolution we have in genetics and in molecular biology. So we don’t really see that people get older and older.

The Gila monster, found primarily in the American Southwest and Mexico, is one of them. Gastroenterologist Jean-Pierre Raufman analyzed animal venoms from various species, including the Gila monster.

That was a radical notion at the time, but advances in genetics have since proven those populations existed — and people today still carry Neanderthal DNA. But trying to figure out when exactly ...