Recent scientific breakthroughs highlight diverse discoveries, ranging from a small dinosaur fossil in Argentina to insights into prehistoric interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

A detailed study of Neanderthal bones from Belgium reveals evidence of selective cannibalism, shedding light on potential ...

In Argentina, researchers have discovered a well-preserved fossil of one of the world's smallest-known dinosaurs, Alnashetri cerropoliciensis. Scientists also reveal insights into Neanderthal-Homo ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

Perhaps human females found Neanderthal males to be high-status providers. Or perhaps Neanderthal society was “patrilocal” — meaning women moved to join the man’s family — while human society was the ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.

The transition from non-life to life was very likely aided by an asteroid hitting Earth, prebiotic chemistry, molecular ...

“The results demonstrate that Homo sapiens during the late [Middle Stone Age] mastered precise, pre-planned patterns anchored in specific geometric affordances: orthogonality [meaning the use of right ...

More than 60,000 years ago, early humans in southern Africa were carving patterns onto ostrich eggshells—and new research shows these designs were far more sophisticated than previously believed. A ...