Reasons why Neanderthals may not have died out

5 February 2020

This is almost certainly not what Denisovans looked like

19 September 2019

A team has used DNA from an ancient fingerbone to predict what our extinct cousins the Denisovans looked like but the method is unlikely to be accurate

How did humans evolve from apes?

5 July 2019

Many parents dread the moment when a child asks where they came from. Charles Darwin found the subject awkward too: On the Origin of Species makes almost no mention of human evolution.

Denisovans

17 May 2019

Neanderthals may have been sprinters not endurance runners

29 January 2019

We used to think Neanderthals were long distance joggers who lived in a tundra-like wasteland, now it seems they were sprinters who occupied forests

DNA from 6000-year-old chewing gum reveals how an ancient woman lived

19 December 2018

Lola lived 6000 years ago and made glue by chewing birch bark pitch. By analysing DNA left on the pitch we know about her diet, appearance, and ancestry

Neanderthals may have powered their bigger bodies by breathing deeper

30 October 2018

The Neanderthal rib cage was about the same size as ours but a different shape, which suggests the extinct humans could take in more air with each breath