What did Denisovans look like? Xujiayao gives them a face
For fifteen years, the Denisovans were a people of ghosts, known from DNA but almost faceless. In October 2026, a team led by Qiaomei Fu, i…
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From 3 million years ago to the dawn of our era: archaeological discoveries, palaeogenetics, cave art and the great transformations of human societies.
For fifteen years, the Denisovans were a people of ghosts, known from DNA but almost faceless. In October 2026, a team led by Qiaomei Fu, i…
Read →Everyone outside Africa carries 1 to 2 percent Neanderthal DNA, but that inheritance is not scattered randomly across the genome. The X chr…
Read →Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and the University of Liverpool have sequenced the oldest and most complete genome ever obtain…
Read →The first ancient genomes ever published for Colombia reveal a population of hunter-gatherers living near Bogotá around 6,000 years ago. Th…
Read →Spy, Scladina, Goyet: since 1886, the caves of the Meuse Valley have yielded fossils that shaped our knowledge of the Neanderthals. In 2026…
Read →A study published in Nature reveals that Yersinia pestis was killing Siberian hunter-gatherer communities 5,500 years ago, long before citi…
Read →A study published in <em>Nature</em> in June 2026 has overturned one of the most widely held hypotheses about Neanderthal extinction. The 2…
Read →What if the Neanderthals' demise was due not only to climate or competition from Sapiens, but to a hidden flaw in their blood? A blood-grou…
Read →A First Art team, with the Max Planck Institute, has recovered ancient human DNA straight from the walls of eleven caves in Spain and Portu…
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