The Economist23d
New research uncovers polygamy and intermarriage in ancient Eurasia
D NA’s power to illuminate humanity’s past never ceases to amaze. Collected from those now alive, it shows how their ...
The ancient horsemen who created the modern world
New DNA research shows that half the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya, who lived in Ukraine 5,000 ...
Testing the Out of Africa model in East Eurasian genomic origins
University of Tokyo researchers have investigated the origin and dispersal scenarios of Homo sapiens into East Eurasia. The ...
New Fossil Evidence Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Neanderthal Origins
New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...
What Was It Like for Ancient Humans to Meet Cousin Species?
Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...
ScienceAlert on MSN3d
Ancestor of Black Death Has Been Discovered in Bronze-Age Sheep
"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...
Photos reveal face of million-year-old human unearthed at ancient site
Archeologists have unearthed what could be the oldest human face in Western Europe. Dated at between 1.1 and 1.4 million ...
CounterPunch1d
What Was It Like for Our Sapiens Ancestors to Meet and Mix With Cousin Species?
Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...
MIT Technology Review26d
Adventures in the genetic time machine
Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?