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

Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the ...

In 2022, DNA was recovered from bones and teeth of 11 Neanderthals found in a cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. Several individuals were related, including a father and a daughter—they ...

Human evolution expert Prof Chris Stringer has studied Neanderthals his entire career. Here, he tells us what scientists have uncovered about the lifestyle of these early humans, their distinctive ...