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Europe’s Last Neandertals Were More Diverse Than Expected Before Disappearing

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A new study offers the most detailed view yet of Neandertal diversity in western Europe shortly before their extinction. By analyzing genetic data f...

Cave Discovery Suggests Neanderthals and Modern Humans May Have Shared Culture

Modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared more than land and genes. They may have also shared culture. Modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared more than territory, tool...

Neanderthals nearly disappeared 75,000 years ago, but one small group in France repopulated Europe

Neanderthal growth hormone receptor increases muscle mass in people today, study shows

Neanderthals were generally more strongly built than most people living today. Their bones show signs of large muscles, and they had characteristic features such as prominent brow...

Neanderthal genes may give modern humans’ muscles a boost

Most of the world’s population carries at least a little Neanderthal DNA

Ancient Neanderthal DNA May Give Some People More Muscle

A Neanderthal-derived growth hormone receptor still carried by some people today appears to amplify growth-related signals in cells. Some people alive today still carry a version o...

Neanderthals may have been just as smart as modern human peers

A new skull-based analysis of Neanderthal brains suggests that these ancient hominins’ range of intelligence largely overlapped with our own

Get Smart: Neanderthals Progress from Brute to Beaut

We must be ready to ask some questions about many of the evolution stories we have taken for granted. Source

Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA

Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes.

Homo antecessor skull layers resemble modern humans and Neanderthals, fragments suggest

A new study provides quantitative data on cranial vault thickness in Homo antecessor, based on the analysis of three parietal fragments recovered from the Gran Dolina site in the S...

Human Evolution Needs Subhumans, and Needs Them Badly

Excavation of Neanderthal and other sites is leveling even further the fabled Ascent of Man. Source

Two Mysterious ‘Ghost’ Ancestors Are Hiding in Our DNA

Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with the ancestors of modern humans, leaving recognizable traces in our DNA. Evidence now suggests that modern humans also interbred with two...

A Lost Human Lineage May Have Left a Genetic Legacy in People Today

Homo erectus may have left a detectable genetic trace in living humans through ancient interbreeding with Denisovans. For much of the 20th century, human evolution was often pictur...

Some People Carry a Neanderthal Growth Hormone Receptor That Is Linked to Greater Muscle Mass

Learn how small genetic differences derived from interbreeding Neanderthals may equip carriers with an advantage in muscle growth.

A Young Person’s 200,000-Year-Old Skull Fragment Suggests Diverse Human Populations in Ancient Spain

Learn how a skull fragment from inland Spain is adding to evidence that human evolution in Europe followed no single path.

Denisovans Were Much Taller Than Previously Thought

PENGHU CHANNEL, TAIWAN—Surprising new research suggests that Denisovans, an extinct species of hominin, were much […] The post Denisovans Were Much Taller Than Previously Thought a...

New Fossils From Spain's Gran Dolina Cave Reveal Ancient Cannibalism and New Clues About <em>Homo antecess...

Learn more about the newly discovered Homo antecessor fossils from Spain's Gran Dolina cave, which suggest that cannibalism involved adults as well as children.

Study Compares Neanderthal and Modern Human Hip Bones

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND—Phys.org reports that a team of researchers led by Christoph Zollikofer and Marcia Ponce […] The post Study Compares Neanderthal and Modern Human Hip Bones appe...

Denisovans may have dwarfed other ancient humans

Two leg bones found on the seabed near Taiwan have been identified as Denisovans, and their size suggests these hominins stood up to 190 centimetres tall

Newly Analyzed Skull Fragments Suggest Ancient Human Species Had a “Mosaic” Anatomy

Learn more about adult Homo antecessor skull fragments from a Spanish cave that highlight the species' mosaic anatomy. 

Foot posture in Neanderthals

Unique foot posture in Neanderthals reflects their body mass and high mechanical stress Rita Sorrentino et al J Hum Evol. 2021 Nov 5 Neanderthal foot bone proportions an...

Homo antecessor Skull Fragments Examined

BURGOS, SPAIN—SciNews reports that researchers led by Rafael Gallareto-Sande of Spain’s National Research Center on […] The post Homo antecessor Skull Fragments Examined appeared f...

A 55,000-Year-Old Skeleton Suggests that Neanderthal Babies Grew Faster Than Human Infants

Learn more about Neanderthal babies, how they relate to human babies, and what they tell us about certain adaptations. 

Homo Naledi Fossil In Rising Star Cave Could Represent First Gender-Specific Burials By A Nonhuman Species

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have extracted and analyzed the first-ever ancient proteins from the fossils of Homo naledi, revealing a potential all-female burial site...