This area includes one of the best-known Neanderthal sites, Shanidar Cave, where the remains of ten Neanderthal individuals ...
In the heart of the Zagros Mountains, ancient humans might have crossed paths with Neanderthals, leaving genetic imprints ...
Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...
Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...
In the grand narrative of human evolution, it appears our Neanderthal ancestors might have left us more than just tools and fire - they might have set our alarm clocks. "By combining ancient DNA, ...
What's more, previous research has found similarities in facial features between Neanderthals and modern humans in this region as well. Curiously, while we have ample evidence of Neanderthal DNA in ...