Human evolution

Neanderthals are not the exception: The modern male pelvis may be an evolutionary novelty

Neanderthals are not the exception: The modern male pelvis may be an evolutionary novelty

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A comparison of two rare male pelvises from the Neanderthal lineage and 91 pelvises from modern humans suggests overturning a long-held assumption: the ancient structure was preserved in Neanderthals and modern women, while
Excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa in the prehistoric cave uncovered in Foreidis. The site dates to a period between approximately 400 and 250 years ago. Photo: Emil Aljem, Israel Antiquities Authority

Rare prehistoric cave dating back about 300 years uncovered in Fureidis

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The Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa are uncovering a time capsule from the Acheulo-Yabrudian culture, a period rarely represented in the study of human evolution, when more complex ways of life and technologies began to develop
Reconstructing the appearance of a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Ancient social networks helped Homo sapiens survive where Neanderthals weakened

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New research suggests that the disappearance of Neanderthals was not just due to harsh climate or competition with Homo sapiens, but also to a more fragile social and spatial structure. According to the model, the extensive networks of connections of Homo sapiens
Map of the areas from which ancient and modern DNA samples were collected in a study of natural selection in western Eurasia. Credit: Akbari A. et al., Nature, 2026

Ancient DNA reveals: Human evolution did not stop, but continued to operate over the past thousands of years

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A large-scale study led by Harvard researchers identified hundreds of genetic variants that have changed under the influence of natural selection over the past ten thousand years.
A Neanderthal man and a Homo sapiens woman. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

Not a prehistoric romance: New study undermines the story of Neanderthals and Sapiens “love”

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New analysis shows that DNA patterns between Neanderthals and modern humans are not evidence of mate preference, but the result of complex biological mechanisms and social structures
Reconstruction of stone tool production at the Shiguo site in central China. New research points to advanced chiseling technologies and the earliest evidence in East Asia of stone tools attached to a handle, dating from about 160 to 72 tousands years ago. Credit: Hulk Yuan

160-year-old stone tools from China indicate far more advanced technology than previously thought

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New research at the Shiguo site in central China has found evidence of systematic stone tool production and the early use of especially handle-attached tools. The finding challenges the notion that hominins in East Asia maintained a long-term
Image caption: Ubaydite double-faced stone tool. Credit: Omri Barzilai

Study states: The “Out of Africa” wave 1.9 million years ago left its mark on the Jordan Valley

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A combination of three dating methods indicates that the site in the Jordan Valley is at least 1.9 million years old, similar in age to Dmanisi—with a hint of a parallel migration of Oldowan and Ishmaelite stone tool traditions
Born in Papua, in the province of Papua in Indonesia. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Early humans interbred with three different extinct species of Denisovans

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Genes from extinct human species allow the Tibetans to live in a low-oxygen environment, the Papuans got a good immune system and the Inuit (formerly called Eskimos) cope thanks to these genes with the arctic cold
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