modern humans

Our ancestors first appeared in Africa, but why there and not elsewhere?

A very special land in the Middle East witnessed a particularly important turning point in the migration and evolutionary history of our species Homo sapiens.

The story of prehistoric explorers 9,000 years ago exploring Greek islands collapsed, because of the footprint of an extinct human being that existed tens of thousands of years

The ancient marital marriages have left in some modern humans today a special genetic variation that determines their ability to cope with a number of diseases.

Recently, some researchers have discovered evidence in human genes, proving that our ability to reproduce and function is still changing over time.

In the next 60 seconds, you will be on the time machine upstream to visit human ancestors hundreds of millions of years ago.

Genetic similarities between Neanderthals and modern humans are more likely because they shared a common ancestor rather than mating. That is the statement drawn from the recent

A group of multinational archaeologists have unearthed and successfully studied the bones of a 13-year-old girl found in an ancient cave in Siberia (Russia).

Previous studies have shown that Neanderthal genes are involved in regulating fat metabolism, as well as determining the risk of depression and lupus.

Neanderthals may have faced the danger of extinction before modern ancestors left Africa.