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Neanderthals were 'top-level carnivores,' tooth analysis suggestsThe tooth's owner was primarily a meat eater.
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50,000-year-old DNA reveals the first-ever look at a Neanderthal familyA new genetic analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal remains found in a Siberian cave reveals that these humans traveled in small, family-oriented groups.
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Mystery ancestor mated with ancient humans. And its 'nested' DNA was just found.Today's humans carry the genes of an ancient, unknown ancestor, left there by hominin species intermingling perhaps a million years ago.
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Finger Bone Points to New Branch of HumanityThe finger came from a young girl, who was neither like us nor Neanderthal.
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Neanderthals and Denisovans Lived (and Mated) in This Siberian CaveThe Neanderthals and Denisovans — both relatives of modern humans — were roommates, literally, for thousands of years in a remote Siberian cave, two new studies find.
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DNA from Mysterious 'Denisovans' Helped Modern Humans SurviveGenetic mutations from extinct human relatives called the Denisovans might have influenced modern human immune systems, researchers say.
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Extinct Denisovan Woman Gets Her First Portrait Thanks to DNA from Her Pinky BoneScientists have recreated the face of a Denisovan woman — an ancient human who went extinct tens of thousands of years ago — using a groundbreaking DNA analysis.
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Old Stone Age culture discovered in ChinaModern humans and now-extinct human relatives may have mingled at the site.
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200,000-year-old 'mammoth graveyard' found in UKDuring the last ice age, five mammoths — a baby, two juveniles and two adults — died at a "graveyard" in what is now the United Kingdom.
