Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

Recent fossil analysis is reshaping our understanding of Neanderthal origins, questioning long-held assumptions about their ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

Unlike Neanderthal DNA, which makes up roughly 2 ... where natural selection removes harmful mutations over time. Beyond human ancestry, the researchers say their method could help to transform ...

A team from the University of Cambridge has found that modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations.

While the remains of the Lapedo child have yielded no direct DNA to confirm a shared Neanderthal-human ancestry, the appearance and age of the skeleton leaves open the possibility. "Being able to ...