Neanderthal population, a species that thrived in Eurasia for over 250,000 years, experienced a dramatic decline in genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago. Recent studies indicate that this ...

Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest ...

In 1998, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a child in Portugal’s Lapedo Valley. When the team took a closer ...

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

Neanderthal genetic diversity dropped 110,000 years ago CT scans of inner ear bones show a major bottleneck event Reduced diversity may have weakened their survival chances ...

Neanderthals skull via Pexels. The Persian Plateau wasn’t only home to Homo sapiens. Before their arrival, Neanderthals had already established themselves in the area. When modern humans migrated to ...

So excited doesn't quite capture it MARIAN FAA: Three thousand kilometres away in the PNG province of Madang, a descendant of explorer Miklouho Maclay is waiting for the skulls to arrive.

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

Not only that, the couple had a trophy of their own, the skull of a green sea turtle, and it was with them aboard that very plane. The passengers in the row ahead were sure to have listened with ...

Latheef's body was found on a chair in the drawing room with his skull shattered in pieces. Latheef's wife, Sajitha, was allegedly attacked from behind by the accused while in the kitchen ...