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Archaeologists are unsure why unrelated teenagers were buried in an elaborate Bronze Age tomb but think their age may be a ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

DNA tends to get physically broken up and biochemically damaged with age. So we relied on special protocols in a lab ...

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Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ...

A new DNA study reveals that dark skin was common among early Europeans for much longer than previously believed. Pale skin ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.