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Study: Early Humans May Have Kissed Neanderthals

Neanderthals disappeared around 40,000 years ago. Although the exact causes of their extinction are debated and are likely involved a combination of factors, such as climate change, competition with modern […]

Neanderthal Genes May Be Linked To Brain Defects

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), the extinct group of archaic humans, inhabited Europe and Western and Central Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene, 0.2-0.3 million years ago. Homo sapiens or modern […]

The 20,000km ‘Long March’ By Prehistoric Men

Marching plays a significant role in the history of various countries, including China. Interestingly, scientists recently discovered the evidence of a long march by prehistoric humans. According to researchers, prehistoric […]

The ‘Neanderthal’ Ways Of Living Lives

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) had quite a modern outlook on life, especially family-life, thousands of years ago. An international research paper, published in the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal Nature on […]

Extinct Ancestors Influencing Us…

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine has recently been awarded to Svante Pääbo (b. April 20, 1955), a Swedish Geneticist specialising in the field of evolutionary genetics and one of […]