A new study suggests that some modern brain malformations may be linked to Neanderthal ancestry. Researchers have found that ...

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...

Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down the genes some of us have inherited from Neanderthals, according to a new study, causing a mismatch between brain shape and skull ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Homo erectus was in the news over 2018 thanks to new discoveries in the Philippines and China, ... however DNA sequences have not yet been recovered from Homo erectus.

Homo erectus fossils discovered on the island of Java come from a population that died between 117,000 and 108,000 years ago, researchers found. ... passing on about 1% of their DNA.

If you bumped into a Homo erectus in the street you might not recognise them as being very different from you. You’d see a certain “human-ness” in the stance, ... There is no doubt that ancient DNA ...

Neanderthal DNA: An article in the Dec. 19 Section A about the discovery of a fossilized Neanderthal toe bone said that 2% of Neanderthal DNA was present in modern people not of African descent.

The Sima people then gave rise to both Denisovans, who got the Homo erectus DNA, and the Neanderthals, who didn't. Stringer and Green have alternative explanations.

An evolved Homo erectus still lived in Indonesia around 100,000 years ago. Search for ... 700,000-Year-Old DNA, And More The Week In Numbers: The Most Expensive Experiment Ever, 700,000-Year ...

A study comparing the DNA of people around the world has yielded what could be the best evidence yet that modern man first evolved in Africa and scattered to populate the planet as recently as ...