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We are not one, but many. New research shows an 80/20 split in our genes from two distinct proto-human lineages, millions of years ago. Source: Sérgio Valle Duarte / CC BY 3.0.
21 MAR 2025 · 4 MIN

Rewriting Human Evolution: Not One Lineage of Man, but Two?

A new study from a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge has upended centuries of theory as to the origins and evolution of… us. We are not who we thought…
The baby mammoth has been named Yana after the river basin in which she was found. Source: North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk/AFP.
27 DEC 2024 · 2 MIN

50,000-Year-Old Baby Mammoth Remains Found in Siberia

Scientists from Russia’s North-Eastern Federal University have unveiled the remains of a baby mammoth found in the Siberian permafrost. The mammoth is in a remarkable state of preservation, complete with soft tissue…
Armenians depicted in Persepolis. Gene analysis has disproven theories of their Balkan origin held since antiquity. Source: Phillip Maiwald (Nikopol) / CC BY-SA 3.0.
27 NOV 2024 · 3 MIN

Armenian Genome Mapping Proves Herodotus was Wrong, Again

A new study has analyzed a large whole genome dataset of the Armenian population. The study, published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, has caught out at least one ancient historian.…
The last known Tasmanian tiger in captivity. It is hoped that this new research will be able to resurrect the extinct marsupial. Source: Unknown Author / Public Domain.
21 OCT 2024 · 3 MIN

The Tasmanian Tiger: The Long Journey to Resurrect an Icon

The Tasmanian Tiger is one of the most famous extinct animals. Also known as the thylacine, it survived well into the modern era and we even have film footage of a living…