In a first, scientists have used ancient proteins to determine the sex of an archaic human relative that lived up to 3.5 million years ago, a new study reports.

Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans ...

An examination of 18,000-year-old human remains from Poland has yielded a startling discovery: cannibalism may have been a widespread cultural practice among Paleolithic groups. Located north of ...

During the Magdalenian period (23,000 to 11,000 years ago) in Europe, the area was characterized by an increase in human populations, the researchers wrote in the study.

The Dolní Věstonice Portrait Head, a small sculpture carved from mammoth ivory, is believed to be one of the oldest human portraits ever found ... it to be the earliest surviving representation of a ...

30,000 years ago, European children were already wearing cheek piercings. This discovery, resulting from the analysis of ancient teeth, sheds light on the social practices of Ice Age populations. The ...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and spread of teleworking, Tokyo experienced its first annual decline in population in 26 years ... million in 1963. After decreasing by 19,000 in 1996, it topped 12 ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago. Called Paranthropus capensis, it was a more slender member of the ...

Yahoo News provides the latest updates on the spread of bird flu in the U.S., and its effect on rising egg prices and ...

The hominin family tree may have a new twig: Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin ...