A new analysis of ancient DNA reveals a previously unknown lineage of hunter-gatherers who lived in what is now Colombia.

In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The ...

Trees get most of the love, but diatoms, a group of photosynthetic microalgae, produce 20% of Earth's oxygen and are the ...

An analysis of bones from ancient people who once lived in Colombia has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to any other ancient or modern population in South America. It is thought ...

Maba 1 was considered a ‘Chinese Neanderthal’ for their resemblance manifested in the facial area. However, this study did ...

A 300,000-year-old skull found in China may belong to a completely unknown human species—rewriting everything we thought we ...

For years, the dominant narrative held that modern humans arose from a single, unbroken lineage in Africa. But then came ...

A regulatory variant of the ACSF3 gene, rs34590044-A, increases ACSF3 expression in the liver, promoting higher basal metabolic rate and greater stature in modern humans, especially with meat-rich ...

This allowed them to reconstruct a family tree showing which fossils belonged to the same groups. The Eurasian hominins clustered into three groups: modern humans, Neanderthals and H. longi.

The US is squandering the one resource it needs to win the AI race with China — human intelligence Using ... "I'd say the modern world's constant surveillance is shifting us all in that ...

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