New research reveals that ancient humans' exposure to lead may have given Homo sapiens a crucial survival advantage over Neanderthals by enhancing their resistance to lead’s harmful effects. This groundbreaking study analyzes the lead content in fossilized teeth of early hominids.
A groundbreaking study reveals that modern humans and Neanderthals interacted 100,000 years earlier than thought. Evidence from a child's bones suggests interbreeding, challenging old assumptions about their relationship.
A groundbreaking study suggests that a singular genetic difference in a protein crucial for DNA synthesis may have given modern humans an evolutionary edge over Neanderthals and Denisovans, impacting behavior and survival.
A groundbreaking study reveals that modern humans share 20% of their DNA with a mysterious ancient population, suggesting a complex history of interbreeding and evolution that reshaped our species.
