Researchers have made a significant discovery by inserting a human-specific gene, NOVA1, into mice, leading to notable ...

Archaeologists in St. Augustine discovered what they believe is evidence of a British fort from the 1700’s. Evan Woodward, ...

Imagine standing face-to-face with a Neanderthal, looking into eyes that reflect a world both alien and achingly familiar.

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

( NewsNation) — Research from the University of Michigan shows that ancient Homo sapiens may have benefitted from the use of ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural ...

To investigate the archaic ancestry of the living human population, Akey and Vernot set to work searching for Neanderthal DNA in modern genomes. They developed a statistical approach to identify ...

Writer Michael Pulley recalls the mouth-breathing bullies he encountered in his youth and reflects on some of the same behavior prominent now.

Scientists say tailored clothes, ochre-based sunscreen, and cave shelter helped Homo sapiens survive a magnetic shift 41,000 ...

New research from the University of Michigan suggests that early Homo sapiens may have survived this event by using clever ...

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...