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PNAS Study Finds Neanderthal and Human Brain Anatomy Largely Overlap

The authors argue population dynamics, not innate deficits, best explain Neanderthals' disappearance.

Malaria Steered Early Human Settlement Across Africa, Study Finds

Left-Handedness Linked to Greater Competitiveness, Study Finds

Science Study Finds Neandertal–Human Pairings Skewed Toward Neandertal Men and Modern Women

Study Suggests Human Breasts Evolved to Help Keep Newborns Warm

Prolonged Drought Tied to ‘Hobbit’ Disappearance on Flores, New Study Finds

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

Review Argues Modern Urban Life Outpaces Human Evolution

Reconstructed Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

Skhūl Child Fossil Shows Mixed Human–Neanderthal Traits, Pushing Interbreeding to 140,000 Years Ago

Study Recasts 140,000-Year-Old Skhūl Child as Earliest Homo Sapiens–Neandertal Hybrid

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding

Ledi-Geraru Teeth Reveal Unnamed Australopithecus Coexisting With Early Homo

Harbin Skull Identified as First Near-Complete Denisovan Cranium

Humans Developed Ecological Flexibility in Africa Before Migrating Into Eurasia

New Study Reveals Complex Hand Adaptations in Early Hominins

Study Links Human Adaptations to Survival During Ancient Magnetic Field Weakening

Fossil Confirms Denisovans Lived in Taiwan's Penghu Channel

Study Reveals Ancient Population Split and Reconnection Shaped Modern Humans

Humans Lived in African Rainforests 150,000 Years Ago, Study Finds