New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

New research uncovers reversal of evolution in island plants. On the younger, volcanic islands of the Galápagos, wild tomato ...

A new study suggests that some modern brain malformations may be linked to Neanderthal ancestry. Researchers have found that ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

The National Museum of Romanian History has announced an extraordinary archaeological discovery in Mangalia, southeastern ...

Species can sometimes "re-acquire features similar to those of their ancestors," said the statement, but "doing so through ...

A series of research findings by Chinese scientists on the samples collected by the Chang'e-6 mission from the moon's far ...

Paleontologists in southwestern China have unearthed fossils of *Dinocephalosaurus orientalis*, a 240-million-year-old marine ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...