Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

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A recent genetic study has revealed a direct link between Neanderthal ancestry and heightened pain sensitivity in certain ...

Scientists have successfully extracted the DNA of ancient mummified cheetahs discovered in a cave in Saudi Arabia. This is ...

For more than three decades, Ötzi the Iceman has been a kind of time capsule for researchers—an Alpine body preserved so well that it keeps producing scientific “firsts.” Now, a new analysis suggests ...

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

Two renowned prehistoric individuals were likely infected with a human papillomavirus that has been linked to several cancers ...

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