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Scientists Detect DNA From Two Unknown Ancient Hominins in Modern Humans

The result could reshape how scientists reconstruct human evolution pending independent replication with ancient genomes.

Neandertal Growth Hormone Receptor Linked to Small Increases in Muscle and Height

New ARG Method Finds ‘Ghost’ and Super‑Archaic Hominin DNA in All Humans

Study Says 'Hobbits' Scavenged Komodo Dragon Kills, Not Big-Game Hunters

New Evidence Suggests Hominins Used Fire in Wonderwerk Cave 1.07–1.8 Million Years Ago

Neanderthals Planned Seasonal Shellfish Harvests 115,000 Years Ago, Study Finds

Study Traces Mosquitoes’ Human-Biting Origin to Early Hominins in Sundaland

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

Neanderthals Crafted Crayon-Like Ochre Tools in Crimea and Ukraine, Study Finds

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