Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious ...

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...

Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the ...

The new approach to radiocarbon dating could soon be applied to other Paleolithic human sites, improving our understanding of ...

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

The gene that enables East Asian adults to drink milk without getting side effects like stomach cramps was probably inherited ...

Researchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and ...

A small team of computational and evolutionary biologists from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared ...

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered because it carries ...

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.