The Zlatý kůň skull, found in a cave site in present-day Czechia. Its DNA showed similarities to bones found in a German cave, according to new research. Hidden in many people’s genetic codes is a ...

Primates have evolved over 65 million years, from early ancestors to over 300 species today—including us. This is the incredible story of our ancient origins. FBI Scrambles Over Mysterious Stand in ...

Researchers from France, China, the UK, and Greece revealed that the Petralona cranium is at least 286,000 years old, placing it firmly in the Middle Pleistocene era. A new scientific study has shed ...

Thirty-five years ago, a badly crushed skull was unearthed from a riverbank in central China. At the time, scientists could not accurately classify the fossil because of how damaged it was. But now, a ...

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged to an ancestor of the Denisovans and “Dragon Man.” ...

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Many people have a tiny slice of Neanderthal DNA, evidence of interbreeding between the species and ancient human ancestors. Two new studies suggest that interbreeding occurred during a limited period ...