A 'ghost' human lineage redraws the story of our origins
The DNA of West African populations carries up to 19% ancestry from an archaic population unknown from fossils. This 'ghost' lineage and th…
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From 3 million years ago to the dawn of our era: archaeological discoveries, palaeogenetics, cave art and the great transformations of human societies.
The DNA of West African populations carries up to 19% ancestry from an archaic population unknown from fossils. This 'ghost' lineage and th…
Read →Deep in a South African cave lie some twenty individuals of an extinct, tiny-brained humanity. Analysis of their proteins has just delivere…
Read →The deformed skull of a prehistoric girl, unearthed in Spain, bears the mark of a rare malformation. That she lived to 8 or 10 suggests her…
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