Find in Spanish cave provides rare window into the domestic lives of our closest relatives

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The site has seen remarkable discoveries over 30 years, and excavations have opened a new unexplored chamber.

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The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or instinctive caregiving

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Genome models are converging on a scenario in which two stem lineages separated 1.5 million years ago, and merged together 300,000 years ago.

Over the past decade, genomic modelling has revealed a rich tapestry of admixtures shaping present-day human populations. These have largely focused on the past few thousand years, when ancestral popu...

Ancient DNA has shown that a distantly-related “superarchaic” population interbred first with the ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans and later with Denisovans themselves. Other work has shown th...

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During the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland.

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Each person is a mosaic of sex-related and postpubertal biological traits that vary in their degree of femaleness and maleness.

When you think about it, it seems remarkable that humanity is still here.

Denisovans, originally identified from ancient genome from Denisova Cave in Altai, were a sister group to the Neanderthals and were once widely distributed across diverse terrains in the north and sou...

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

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

Researchers believe the artists consciously left the engravings in an area where natural light can enter

Two newly discovered bird carvings reveal early humans' keen eye for artistry in the ice age world 40,000 years ago.

A new study of great ape laughter also gives clues about how humans’ ancient ancestors started speaking.

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