July 14, 2016
Denisovan DNA found in modern Pacific Islanders, ancient Spaniards
In the time that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals were coexisting — and interbreeding — there was at least one more human species on the landscape, …
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March 16, 2016
A long layover on the Bering land bridge
About 11,500 years ago, two infants were laid to rest side by side in a shallow grave 80 kilometers southeast of what is now Fairbanks, Alaska. …
January 7, 2016
Land plants came prepared for terrestrial life
Plants colonized land between 450 million and 420 million years ago, and, once there, they drastically altered terrestrial landscapes and …
October 27, 2015
Benchmarks: July 11, 1997: Neanderthal DNA unraveled
On July 11, 1997, six scientists announced they had sequenced DNA from a Neanderthal fossil. It was the first time anyone had analyzed the …
October 8, 2015
Tree of life reshaped
Since the 1970s, the classic “tree of life” taught in classrooms has portrayed three domains of life — Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryota — all …
September 21, 2015
Kennewick Man related to modern Native Americans
After two decades of controversy surrounding the origins of Kennewick Man — a 9,000-year-old skeleton found on the banks of the Columbia River in …
August 21, 2015
Snake forebear had two back legs but no front legs
The more than 3,400 species of snakes alive today may have descended from one ancestor that lacked forelimbs, but which had small vestigial hind …
April 7, 2015
Bird genomes untangle branches of avian family tree
Birds, the only surviving descendants of dinosaurs, have one of the most fascinating — and perplexing — family trees in the animal kingdom. To …