Research conducted at the Department of Biology, University of Padova, has identified critical genomic milestones in the ...

The salivary amylase gene, known as AMY1, is already known to have helped us adapt to eating carbs. It encodes amylase, an ...

While Neanderthals and modern humans lived together in Europe for only a relatively short time, two separate studies found ...

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

They have both ancient and modern traits – a finding that could challenge ‘out of Africa’ theory of human evolution, ...

A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, ...

An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with ...

A study reveals that the majority of genes transmitted to us by Neanderthals through hybridization between the two species ...

Papers published in the journals Nature and Science have used the bones to narrow down when Neanderthals and H. sapiens ...

These early Homo sapiens pioneers in Europe faced harsh Ice Age conditions ... "There are different ideas of what role modern ...

Bertranpetit pointed to modern humans as an example ... information from the 2024 paper arguing that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens should be considered separate species. Amanda Heidt is a Utah ...