Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.

Llevábamos algún tiempo sin volver al «mundo perdido» de Flores (Indonesia), una isla siempre separada del continente por un ancho brazo oceánico de decenas de kilómetros. A pesar de ello, dependie…

Two bones from the floor of the Penghu Strait reveal some of the latest evidence of Denisovan survival.

Jonathan Marks reads the committee's report on the humanities as an uncredited rehash of the 1990s science wars, a familiar quarrel with the academic left dressed as a defence of knowledge. Rather th....

Neocortical expansion is a key innovation of crown primates, although fossil evidence for how the neocortex has evolved remains elusive. We studied neocortical evolution using virtual brain endocasts ...

Introgression is widespread among lineages of big cats. Our ancestors encountered one of the biggest products.

Study of a Neanderthal-derived haplotype of GHR show effects on height and lean body mass

Admixture between modern humans and extinct hominins has shaped the genomes of present-day individuals, but reconstructing this history has been constrained by the scarcity of archaic samples and unad...

We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together, we might be able to reconstruct their genome

The ancient genetic variant is most common in people of South and East Asian ancestry.

Most of the world’s population carries at least a little Neanderthal DNA

After a massive restructuring of its research ecosystem, Indonesia is taking the lead on its own palaeontological research.

Como cada trimestre, aquí llega el resumen de las principales novedades publicadas en el ámbito de la paleoantropología, ordenadas cronológicamente según la antigüedad de los hallazgos estudiados. …

Scientific Reports - A taphonomic reassessment of Qafzeh 25 and its implications for violence, health and funerary practices

Neanderthal endocrania are different in shape, though slightly larger in size than modern humans on average. These shape differences have long been...

Early modern humans and Neanderthals may have lived together in the same caves, according to new research.

Researchers who investigated the remains of a young adult male found in the Qafzeh cave say the injury healed over time, which means the victim's community may have tended to him

Actualizado enero 2026 [English version below] Romito 2 es el esqueleto de un individuo femenino que vivió hace unos 11.500 años en la región de Calabria, al sur de Italia. Su edad al morir era de …

Viajemos a uno de mis periodos favoritos en la evolución humana: aquel en que algunos representantes de Homo tempranos comienzan a desarrollar comportamientos de cooperación. Se trata de grupos de …

We identify the oldest known example of systematic heat treatment of chert in the world. The specimens come from the base of one of Australia’s oldest archaeological sequences, Nauwalabila I, in…

Researchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be.

Para empezar, ¿un niño del Paleolítico superior con ojos azules? El color azul de los ojos humanos se atribute a una mutación en un elemento regulador del gen HERC2, que inhibe la expresión del gen…

Como cada trimestre, aquí llega el resumen de las principales novedades publicadas en el ámbito de la paleoantropología, ordenadas cronológicamente según la antigüedad de los hallazgos estudiados. …

Analysis of ancient DNA, stable isotope data and archaeological evidence from the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China suggests it was populated by a matrilineal Neolithic community between…

Una de las características más llamativas de Homo sapiens es nuestra frente alta y vertical. La combinación de una serie de rasgos nos distingue frente a otras especies humanas, tales como el cráne…

Protein data from the Rising Star cave system show the known sample of this species is entirely female.

Analysis of fossil proteins deepens mystery of the enigmatic Homo naledi

Actualizado junio 2026 Tal como ocurre en todos los aspectos de la evolución (humana o no humana), tampoco sigue patrones lineales el crecimiento del cuerpo en el género Homo. El tamaño corporal es…

¿Recordáis el 8 de julio de 2022? Aquel día escribí que sería marcado como una fecha muy especial para la historia de la evolución humana, especialmente para los hallazgos en Atapuerca. Curiosament…