Learn how interbreeding with Neanderthals may have bolstered our immune systems.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

While new studies have reinforced the idea of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens admixture in Europe, the picture in South Asia ...

But your support enables us to deliver impactful stories, credible interviews, insightful opinions and on-ground reportage. While the new studies have reinforced the idea of Neanderthal and Homo ...

Many new names sounded as if they’d been cooked up by a medieval monk. HIV-1 would henceforth be known as Lentivirus ...

Ironically, given the urban wildfire wiping out huge areas of Los Angeles, man’s control of his environment began with the “domestication of fire” by Homo erectus about a million years ago. And the ...

今天地球上的人类（Homo sapiens）当中，除了撒哈拉以南的非洲人，其他人类体内都有1~2%的尼安德特人（Homo ...

Amazing ancient discoveries from around the world unearthed in recent years. From Iron Age hoards and rare biblical ...