Research conducted at the Department of Biology, University of Padova, has identified critical genomic milestones in the evolution of Homo sapiens ... the X-PAR2 gene pool. By applying a Y ...

The finding, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, tracks the genetic legacy of the archaic relatives of our species, Homo sapiens ... Neanderthal DNA may play a small role in ...

The importance of the meeting is that it added significantly to the gene pool of contemporary Homo sapiens. The existence of a “ghost species” captivated scientists over centuries by ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The species Homo sapiens (or “wise man”) began to evolve about ...

Some 60,000 years ago, Neanderthals in western Eurasia acquired strange new neighbours: a wave of Homo sapiens migrants making their way out of Africa, en route to future global dominance.

Today, there are more than eight billion of us. Logically, then, there must have been a moment when Homo sapiens became a distinct species. Yet that moment is surprisingly hard to pin down.

Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. New research is providing the most precise estimate to date of when ...