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Modern humans mated with Denisovans several times in history and it gave us some surprising superpowers!
Recent discoveries revealed that our ancestors interbred with Denisovans on at least three separate…
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AI and worker well-being are top of mind for business leaders, according to execs from Accenture, Mastercard, Ancestry, and more
Participants in Business Insider's first Workforce Innovation virtual roundtable discuss the top fo…
Julia Hood,Rebecca Knight,Tim…
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Four ways that fossils are part of everyday life
South Africa has some of the best fossil records on Earth, containing fossils of large animals, inv…
PTI
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Humans and Neanderthals only had sex for a brief period, but it still fundamentally changed our DNA
Scientists studied ancient humans and learned humans and Neanderthals started interbreeding 47,000 …
Jenny McGrath
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Our human ancestors were almost wiped out about 930,000 years ago, leaving just a tiny group of reproductive individuals, new study suggests
Almost a million years later, that tiny group of human ancestors has now grown to 8 billion people …
Katie Balevic
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The first dogs evolved from wolves in Asia — and maybe the Middle East — a study of ice age DNA suggests
Ancient wolf DNA spanning the last 100,000 years, points to the moment — possibly two moments — whe…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A 210,000-year-old skull found in Greece is the oldest modern human discovered outside of Africa. It changes our timeline of human migration.
The oldest evidence of our modern human ancestors (Homo sapiens) dates back 315,000 years and was f…
Aylin Woodward
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Every person alive today descended from a woman who lived in modern-day Botswana about 200,000 years ago, a new study finds
In a new study published in the journal Nature, scientists analyzed mitochondrial DNA - genetic inf…
Aylin Woodward
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The mystery of a tiny human-like skeleton that many people thought was an alien has finally been solved
While the skeleton did have human features, it also had some peculiarities, like a long, pointy sku…
Jeremy Berke
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Ancient humans had sex and interbred with a mysterious group known as the Denisovans more than once, new research has found
We've known for years now that early humans interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans - other homi…
Kevin Loria
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Here's What Happened When Neanderthals And Ancient Humans Hooked Up 80,000 Years Ago
Modern humans, Neanderthals, and their sister lineage, Denisovans, descended from a common ancestor…
Dina Spector
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Multiple sclerosis is more common among white Europeans. Researchers studying ancient DNA may have figured out why.
Researchers studying ancient DNA linked genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis with Yamnaya h…
Jenny McGrath
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Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people of the East African coast
The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilisation is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, …
PTI
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The science behind why your dog copies your behavior and tears up when they're reunited with you
A growing body of research suggests that dogs mirror their owners' behavior. They may also be able …
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Digital health startups worth $7.6 billion are set to IPO, breaking a 3-year drought. Here's what 5 top VCs are keeping an eye on.
It's coming at a critical time for the market. Startups looking to apply technology to the healthca…
Lydia Ramsey
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This is the most important difference between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals
It's unclear how smart or social Neanderthals were, but we know they never formed the kinds of larg…
Rafi Letzter
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The 10 most important things in the world right now
3. China and Japan's economies are expected to slow sharply over the next two years, according to t…
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The American dream of suburbia is evolving - here's what it'll be like to live in the suburb of the future
Over the next decade, experts predict, many suburbs will see a rise in mixed-use developments that …