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Ten years of ancient genome analysis has taught scientists ‘what it means to be human’
A ball of 4,000-year-old hair frozen in time tangled around a whalebone comb led to the first ever reconstruction of an ancient human genome just over a decade ago.
Recolonisation of Europe after the last ice age started earlier than previously thought
A study that appeared today on Current Biology sheds new light on the continental migrations which shaped the genetic background of all present Europeans.
The Human Brain Grew as a Result of the Extinction of Large Animals
A new paper by Dr. Miki Ben-Dor and Prof. Ran Barkai from the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University proposes an original unifying explanation for the physiological, behavioral and cultural evolution of the human species, from its first appearance about two million years ago, to the agricultural revolution (around 10,000 BCE).
Neanderthals’ Faecal Sediments Reveals How Gut Microbiota Benefits Our Health
Neanderthals'' gut microbiota already included some beneficial micro-organisms that are also found in our own intestine.
The ABCs of Species Evolution
Almost four decades of research have led scientists at Japan's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) to propose that a family of transporter proteins has played an important role in species evolution.
Evolution Y Chromosome in Great Apes Deciphered
New analysis of the DNA sequence of the male-specific Y chromosomes from all living species of the great ape family helps to clarify our understanding of how this enigmatic chromosome evolved.