Morning Person? You Might Have Neanderthal Genes to Thank. Hundreds of genetic variants carried by Neanderthals and Denisovans are shared by people who like to get up early.
Humanity’s Ancestors Nearly Died Out, Genetic Study Suggests The population crashed following climate change about 930,000 years ago, scientists concluded. Other experts aren’t convinced by the analysis.
Study Offers New Twist in How the First Humans Evolved A new genetic analysis of 290 people suggests that humans emerged at various times and places in Africa.
Neanderthal Crab Roast Leftovers Are Found in a Portuguese Cave Researchers said the paleontological remains were another sign that our early human cousins had intelligence.
These Extinct Elephants Were Neanderthals’ ‘Biggest Calorie Bombs’ A study of butchered bones from 125,000 years ago offers what researchers call “the first clear-cut evidence of elephant-hunting in human evolution.”