For years, geneticists have wrestled with a curious absence: many modern people carry Neanderthal DNA, yet large stretches of the human X chromosome are almost empty of it. A new study argues that ...
Recent scientific breakthroughs highlight diverse discoveries, ranging from a small dinosaur fossil in Argentina to insights into prehistoric interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.
DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.
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 ...
The transition from non-life to life was very likely aided by an asteroid hitting Earth, prebiotic chemistry, molecular ...
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 ...
Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...
Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...
Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...
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