The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

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Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about who Neanderthals were, whether they mated with modern humans and when ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia. In this month of love, amid ...

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Neanderthal men were short, stocky and powerful - and our female ancestors appeared to fancy them, according to a new study. (Image is AI-generated).

Last year, Maro and his colleagues estimated wild chimpanzees’ alcohol intake based on the amount of fermented fruit they eat ...

The study focused on Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo who died in March 2025 at the age of 44. Ape Initiative.