One specific group of chimpanzees in Nigeria has been studied by scientists because of something unique having happened to it ...

The study of ancient DNA has revolutionised our understanding of human history, enabling scientists to decipher complex population dynamics over tens of thousands of years. By analysing genetic ...

The sequencing of a genome extracted from the remains of an individual from ancient Egypt has revealed that 77.6% of their ...

Some of the genes from Population B, "particularly those related to brain function and neural processing, may have played a crucial role in human evolution," study co-author Trevor Cousins, a ...

Insights into South African population history from 10,000-year-old human DNA. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 09 / 240919115012.htm ...

So human history cannot be understood without understanding African history. View of the Oakhurst rock shelter valley, Oakhurst farm, near Hoekwil, South Africa. V Gibbon. , Author provided (no reuse) ...

Neanderthals may not have truly gone extinct but instead may have been absorbed into the modern human population. That's one of the implications of a new study, which finds modern human DNA may ...

While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly underrepresenting rural areas.

It’s a small world – and we’re needing to share more and more of it. The global population passed eight billion in 2022, and is set to rise by another two billion over the next 60 years. Demand for ...