Neanderthal genes may explain why some people have Chiari malformation type I, a condition in which the brain bulges out of ...

When modern humans first migrated out of Africa about 60,000 years ago, they crossed paths with Neanderthals. Over thousands ...

Now, an ambitious Microsoft-funded project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is studying the neural activity ...

According to new CT scans and models, parts of the 140,000-year-old skull resemble those of modern humans, while the jaw appears to be more similar to those of our extinct relatives ...

The late Ozzy Osbourne was able to see his musical legacy celebrated in a final farewell concert just a few days before his ...

Ancient human ancestors ate small children 850,000 years ago, a gruesome discovery suggests. Archaeologists working at the ...

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A new study published in L’Anthropologie is shedding light on a remarkable discovery from Skhul Cave in Israel. Researchers ...

Each billion dollars we spend on GPUs and AI hardware is akin to planting more neurons in the simulated brain we are building ...

His genome held strange secrets: a turbocharged alcohol gene, rewired brain chemistry, and a slow-burn caffeine receptor.

The five-part documentary series is presented by paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi. The academic is also described as an ...

It is 80 years since the first nuclear weapon test – codenamed Trinity – detonated above the desert in New Mexico. Today the ...