I have spent years covering discoveries that nudge our origin story around the edges, but the sequencing of DNA from one of the very last Neanderthals does something different: it rewrites the center ...

What is that how can a tooth survive the years and bear any intelligible mark of the molecules on its side when bone and other soft tissue have long since decayed? In the case of ancient-DNA, teeth ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...