New research on the inner ear morphology of Neanderthals and their ancestors challenges the widely accepted theory that ...

One of the great mysteries of human evolution is the intermediate step represented by the presence of Neanderthals for thousands of years. The question is whether their disappearance is linked to ...

This is not surprising. Homo sapiens began in Africa but Neanderthals were Eurasian. Any miscegenation would have happened after sapiens left its homeland to embark on its conquest of the world.

sapiens and 14 Neanderthals from Eurasia ... that the genetic changes must have evolved rapidly in some H. sapiens following their migration out of Africa. The researchers also identified three ...

When modern humans journeyed out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have helped them survive — but it may have also led to the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals ...

How different are we from Neanderthals? The answer is “not as much as we used to think”. Or, to put it another way, the more we learn about this group of archaic humans, the more similarities ...

The rapid evolution of red blood cells in early humans remains unexplained, but geographical expansion may be a contributing factor. The causes of the extinction of Neanderthals remain complex and ...

However, this theory is primarily supported by statistical approaches that assume unrealistic models of human and Neanderthal population evolution. In this study published in November/December 2024 in ...

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large ... living humans as well as three Neanderthals and one Denisovan, an ...

However, this theory is primarily supported by statistical approaches that assume unrealistic models of human and Neanderthal population evolution. In this study published in November/December ...