Neanderthal DNA strengthens the immune system and regulates inflammation Denisovan genes help with altitude adaptation and oxygen use Paleogenetics reveals that human evolution is more complex ...

“This population would later contribute about 80 percent of the genetic material of modern humans and also seems to have been the ancestral population from which Neanderthals and Denisovans diverged.” ...

Artwork on the schematical representation of the distribuition of morphological variation of the inner ear along time in Neanderthals. Credit: Alessandro Urciuoli, Institut Català de Paleop An ...

Human fossils illustrating the variation in brain (skulls) and body size (thigh bones) during the Pleistocene. Skulls: Left: Amud 1, Neanderthal, 55.000 years ago, ~1750 cm³ Middle: Cro Magnon, Homo ...

These findings are likely linked to Neanderthal habitation. Hassanpour added that the discovery of painted buff ware and red ware from the Chalcolithic period (over 5,500 years ago) indicates the cave ...

The scientists now plan to study the remains at Tinshemet Cave in greater detail to see if they are hybrids of modern humans and Neanderthals, Zaidner said. "I eagerly await detailed descriptions ...

Some movies are about history, but others deal with matters that predate history. There’s something fascinating about prehistoric times, and it gets even more intriguing when you bring those ...

The study, published yesterday (11 March), is revolutionary in that the findings include overwhelming evidence that Neanderthals and people in the region not only coexisted but also shared aspects ...

In central Israel, a key archaeological discovery connects two different species of human — Homo sapiens and Neanderthals ... Their tools, art, and other symbolic objects allude to significant ...

A cutting-edge radiocarbon dating technique has successfully dated a skeleton that combines features of modern humans and Neanderthals from over 27,000 years ago. Dubbed the “Lapedo Child” after its ...

They were groups of archaic Neanderthal-like Homo, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. “These groups interacted and developed a homogeneous culture, including in their hunting techniques and tool ...

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...