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New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...

This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...

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New landmark research has successfully mapped 37,000 years of infectious disease across ancient human populations.

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world ...