This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. While modern humans carry Neanderthal DNA ...
Neanderthals died out around 40,000 years ago, possibly due to climate change and competition and interbreeding with modern humans, but no one knows for sure. New research on one Neanderthal ...
Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...
An extinct species of lion once interbred with its modern cousins, suggests a new study. Analysis of multiple genomes from the extinct cave lion has revealed that it represented a "highly distinct" ...
A frozen cave lion cub named Sparta, which has been radiocarbon dated to ca 32,000 years before present and genetically identified as a female. (Love Dalén via SWNS) By Stephen Beech An extinct ...