Feb. 24, 2020 A new study of the genetic history of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island off the western coast of Italy, analyzed genome-wide DNA data for 70 individuals from more than 20 Sardinian archaeological ...
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Feb. 24, 2020 Using Salmonella enterica genomes recovered from human skeletons as old as 6,500 years, an international team of researchers illustrates the evolution of a human pathogen and provides the first ...
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Feb. 19, 2020 Analysis of Paleolithic-era teeth from a 28,500-year-old fossil site in the Czech Republic provides supporting evidence for two groups of canids -- one dog-like and the other wolf-like - with ...
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Jan. 30, 2020 After sequencing the Neanderthal genome, scientists discovered all present day non-African individuals carry some Neanderthal ancestry in their DNA. Now, researchers present evidence of Neanderthal ...
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Jan. 29, 2020 Ancient skulls from the cave systems at Tulum, Mexico, suggest that the earliest populations of North America may have already had a high level of morphological diversity, according to a new ...
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Jan. 29, 2020 In southern Africa, dinosaurs and synapsids, a group of animals that includes mammals and their closest fossil relatives, survived in a 'land of fire' at the start of an Early Jurassic mass ...
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Jan. 22, 2020 Scientists have produced the first genome-wide ancient human DNA sequences from west and central ...
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Jan. 16, 2020 Important clues about the anatomy and evolution of the mysterious giant squid (Architeuthis dux) are revealed through publication of its full genome ...
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Jan. 15, 2020 Neanderthals collected clam shells and volcanic rock from the beach and coastal waters of Italy during the Middle Paleolithic, according to a new ...
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Dec. 18, 2019 An international team of researchers has determined the age of the last known settlement of the species Homo erectus, one of modern humans' direct ancestors. The site is called Ngandong, on the ...
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Dec. 17, 2019 Researchers have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old 'chewing gum.' According to the researchers, it is a new untapped source of ancient ...
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Dec. 12, 2019 Two chimpanzees housed in a zoo in the US have sparked the question about how human dance evolved after being observed performing a duo dance-like behavior, similar to a human conga ...
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Dec. 11, 2019 A newly discovered fossil whale represents a new species and an important step in the evolution of whale ...
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Nov. 27, 2019 Some of the same mutations allowing humans to fend off deadly infections also make us more prone to certain inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as Crohn's disease. Researchers describe ...
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Nov. 27, 2019 Small populations, inbreeding, and random demographic fluctuations could have been enough to cause Neanderthal extinction, according to a new ...
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Nov. 25, 2019 Longevity genes that helped humans survive ancient airborne toxins may be the same genes that make humans resilient to pollution from fossil fuels and cigarette smoke today, according to a new ...
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Nov. 20, 2019 A scientist has revealed a key role for 'selfish' transposable elements in the evolution of the mammary gland, a defining feature of all ...
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Nov. 15, 2019 A new genetic study demonstrates that, at the end of the Iron Age, Finland was inhabited by separate and differing populations, all of them influencing the gene pool of modern Finns. The study is so ...
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Nov. 13, 2019 Researchers have succeeded in reconstructing the evolutionary relationship between a two million year old giant primate and the living orangutan. It is the first time genetic material this old has ...
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Nov. 11, 2019 Invisible footprints hiding since the end of the last ice age -- and what lies beneath them -- have been discovered by researchers using a special type of radar in a novel ...
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