The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared ...
Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the ...
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 ...
The new approach to radiocarbon dating could soon be applied to other Paleolithic human sites, improving our understanding of ...
Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...
In 1998, the Lapedo Child rose to fame as it astonishingly carried human and Neanderthal genes. Twenty-seven years later, ...
The researchers suggested that the child was descended from populations in which humans and Neanderthals mated and mixed. It was a radical notion at the time, but advances in genetics have since ...