A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The ...

A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language in humans. When put in mice, it changed the way ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

Modern Humans and Neanderthals Are Connected! Ancient Mongolian Skull Reveals Stunning Link Deep within Mongolia’s Salkhit Valley, a lone skullcap has baffled scientists for years. Originally thought ...

Feb. 5, 2025 — A new study of the Great Barrier Reef has revealed that the network of no-take marine reserves supplies nearly half of the region's coral trout fishery ... The Cost of Preventing ...

Homo sapiens also made use of the caves around 18,000 to 11,000 B.C., UNESCO reports. Remains of their burials have been found within the caves. Cave of Swimmers ...

Research using new methods for examining and analyzing human fossils reveals previously unknown facets of prehistoric man. The results demonstrate the central role that food plays in the ...

The study reveals that Neanderthals possessed a very rare type of Rh factor, distinct from that of Denisovans and early Homo sapiens, which could have been fatal to their newborns. Stéphane ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans (Homo sapiens) migrating out of Africa ... rise to current populations outside Africa. This early-branching population has no descendants today.

Image:Le Moustier’s 1920s art reconstruction of Neanderthals. Credit: Public domain Scientists have uncovered how blood groups helped early humans (Homo sapiens) in their survival and expansion across ...