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National Geographic • May 03, 2023
Who wore this pendant 20,000 years ago? DNA can now tell us

Science.org • May 03, 2023
Who wore this ancient deer pendant? DNA reveals a Stone Age woman with surprising origins

Ancient Origins • April 25, 2023
Study Traces Epic Polynesian Migration to the Pacific Islands

Smithsonian Magazine • March 27, 2023
Did Our Ancestors Actually Wield Clubs?

The Boston Globe • March 26, 2023
DNA from Beethoven’s hair unlocks medical and family secrets

Daily Journal • March 22, 2023
What made Beethoven sick? DNA from his hair offers clues

MSN.com • March 22, 2023
How did Beethoven die? New DNA analysis solves mystery

Sky News • March 16, 2023
Ancient Genomes Shed Light on the Migration Across the Bering Sea

El Pais in English • March 02, 2023
Ancient human DNA reveals how Europeans avoided extinction 20,000 years ago

Discover Magazine • March 01, 2023
The Gravettian Culture that Survived an Ice Age

Psychology Today UK • January 04, 2023
The Whites of Your Eyes Are Proof You Need Connection

Smithsonian Magazine • December 21, 2022
Denisovan DNA May Have Shaped Immune Systems in Papua New Guinea

CNN International • December 20, 2022
The Black Death’s legacy, Neanderthal family ties, and other secrets revealed by ancient DNA in 2022

Deutsche Welle • October 25, 2022
Mountain Gorillas under Pressure

BBC - CBBC Newsround • October 25, 2022
Scientists reveal what Neanderthal life may have looked like

Smithsonian Magazine • October 22, 2022
Ancient DNA Reveals the First Known Neanderthal Family

Ancient Origins • October 20, 2022
First Known Neanderthal Family Identified with Ancient DNA from Russian Cave

Labroots • October 05, 2022
Chimpanzees use different stone tools to open different kinds of nuts

Discover Magazine • October 04, 2022
Female Monkeys Live Longer If They Have a Social Life

Scientific American • October 04, 2022
Nobel Winner Svante Pääbo Discovered the Neandertal in Our Genes

Smithsonian Magazine • September 28, 2022
DNA From Skeletons Reveals Large Migration to Early Medieval England

Psychology Today - Let's Talk Tween • September 26, 2022
Clutter Is Children’s Creative Play

Earth.com • September 21, 2022
Did early hominins use stone tools like chimpanzees do today?

GenomeWeb • September 21, 2022
Migrants From Lower Saxony Shaped Genetic Makeup of Post-Roman England, Ancient DNA Analysis Finds

Science.org • August 25, 2022
‘Phenomenal’ ancient DNA data set provides clues to origin of farming and early languages

Mongabay.com News • August 10, 2022
Study highlights elusive Cameroonian gorillas, and the threats encircling them

Technology Networks • August 06, 2022
Baboons Borrowed One Third of Their Genes From Cousins

CNN-US • August 05, 2022
How Neanderthal DNA from cave dirt is revealing details about how early humans lived

Earth.com • August 04, 2022
Hybridization among wild baboons comes with hidden costs

Technology.org • August 04, 2022
The brains of Neanderthals developed differently from those of modern humans

Scientific American • July 28, 2022
How Humans’ Ability to Digest Milk Evolved from Famine and Disease

BBC News - Dorset • June 22, 2022
Kent: Canterbury was home to Britain's earliest humans

Smithsonian Magazine • June 17, 2022
Where Did the Black Death Start? Thanks to Ancient DNA, Scientists May Have Answers

Discover Magazine • June 15, 2022
Scientists Reveal the Black Death’s Origin Story

Healthing • June 03, 2022
Your big sister may help buffer the effects of stress

Newsweek • June 01, 2022
How Great White Sharks May Have Helped Wipe Out Mighty Megalodons

Daily Maverick • May 31, 2022
Could the mighty megalodon have been taken down by the great white?

Daily Mail • May 31, 2022
Great white sharks may have contributed to megalodon extinction, study suggests

BBC Focus Magazine • May 31, 2022
Megalodons may have been driven to extinction by hungry great whites scoffing all their food

Technology Networks • May 19, 2022
Chimpanzee Calls Are More Like Human Language Than First Thought

Earth.com • May 18, 2022
Chimpanzees use surprisingly complex vocal sequences

Science.org • May 17, 2022
This unusual tooth is the first fossil evidence of Denisovans in Southeast Asia

Newsweek • April 28, 2022
Cold Comfort: Neanderthals Chilled Out in Summer By Heading North

The Phnom Penh Post • April 25, 2022
Gabon counting on tourists to help preservation of endangered apes

Mongabay.com News • April 25, 2022
Côte d’Ivoire’s chimp habitats are shrinking, but there’s hope in their numbers

Haaretz.com • April 01, 2022
Study Reveals Origin of the Mysterious Avars, Who Crushed the Roman Empire

Technology Networks • March 15, 2022
Ancient DNA Reveals Early TB Variants Traveled Long Distances on Land

Earth.com • March 12, 2022
Mountain gorillas need more water in a warming climate

GenomeWeb • February 22, 2022
HIV Risk Reduced in Carriers of Allele Linked to Severe COVID-19

Technology Networks • February 22, 2022
Neanderthal Gene Increases Risk of Severe COVID-19 but May Offer Protection Against HIV

Earth.com • February 15, 2022
Great-tailed grackles adapt quickly to changing circumstances

Gamers Grade • February 15, 2022
How reacting to a changing environment involves inhibiting previous behavior

Mongabay.com News • February 01, 2022
In prioritizing conservation, animal culture should be a factor, study says

Discover Magazine • January 09, 2022
DNA in Unlikely Places Helps Piece Together Ancient Humans' Family Trees

Smithsonian Magazine • December 28, 2021
Seven New Things We Learned About Human Evolution in 2021

Haaretz.com • December 21, 2021
Archaeologists Identify Oldest Use of Fossil Fuels in Europe

Haaretz.com • December 09, 2021
Mammoths Survived in Canada Until 5,000 Years Ago

Discover Magazine • December 07, 2021
Why Are Chimpanzees and Gorillas Suddenly Going to War?

CNN • December 01, 2021
Enigmatic footprints, once thought to belong to a bear, linked to unknown human ancestor

Earth.com • November 24, 2021
Games reflect the culture in which they are played

Florida News Times Today • November 17, 2021
Genetic changes in Southern Iberia during the Bronze Age

Scientific American • November 17, 2021
Great Apes’ Biggest Threat Is Human Activity, Not Habitat Loss

Scienmag Science Magazine • November 03, 2021
The genomes of Mexico’s native peoples reveal evolutionary adaptations and challenges to global change

CBC Radio • October 29, 2021
'Culturally cosmopolitan' Bronze Age mummies found in China have surprising origins

Smithsonian Magazine • October 28, 2021
New Research Reveals Surprising Origins of Millennia-Old Mummies Found in China

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) • October 28, 2021
Ancient Genomes and Proteomes Help Uncover Unexpected Origins and Cultural Connections

Daily Mail • October 27, 2021
DNA analysis reveals amazingly well-preserved 4,000-year-old mummies were from genetically isolated Chinese tribe, not visitors from the West as previously thought

CNN • October 27, 2021
DNA reveals unexpected origins of enigmatic mummies buried in a Chinese desert

Science.org • October 27, 2021
Western China’s mysterious mummies were local descendants of ice age ancestors

Mongabay.com News • October 22, 2021
COVID could wreak havoc on gorillas, but they social distance better than we do

Phys.org • October 21, 2021
Assessment reveals human activity, not habitat availability, is greatest driver of ape abundance

Florida News Times Today • October 21, 2021
Why scholars have created global guidelines for ancient DNA research

Study Finds • October 16, 2021
Foraging humans aren’t all that different from birds, mammals around them

SciTech Daily • October 14, 2021
Leprosy Found in Wild Chimpanzees for the First Time

Study Finds • October 11, 2021
Scientists discover prehistoric girl in Indonesia, new type of ancient human

Labroots • October 10, 2021
Who Were the Etruscans? A Genetic Study Provides Some Answers

Phys.org • October 07, 2021
Study traces the evolution of the hepatitis B virus from prehistory to the present

Technology • September 28, 2021
Prehistoric humans rarely mated with their cousins - Technology Org

United Press International • September 22, 2021
Early humans moved into subarctic climates earlier than thought, study says

Haaretz.com • September 22, 2021
First Modern Humans in Europe Spread Despite Howling Ice Age Cold

Mongabay.com News • September 17, 2021
Scientists look to chimps’ past to gauge their future under climate change

Environmental News Network • September 16, 2021
Climatically Driven Landscape Evolution During Warm Periods

Daily Mail • September 14, 2021
Just three percent of prehistoric humans mated with their family compared to TEN PERCENT of today's global marriages that occur between first or second cousins, DNA tests find

Haaretz.com • September 13, 2021
Neanderthal Tooth in Iran From 42,000 Years Ago Redraws Human Evolution

El Pais in English • September 13, 2021
DNA study of soldiers from 1652 siege of Barcelona reveals unknown epidemic

Radio Prague International • September 06, 2021
Czech, German scientists identify hitherto unknown prehistoric migrations through Bohemia

Scientific American • August 26, 2021
How Did Neanderthals and Other Ancient Humans Learn to Count?

CNN.com • August 25, 2021
Ancient DNA from a teen girl reveals previously unknown group of humans

Daily Mail • August 25, 2021
Meet Bessé: 7,200-year-old skeleton of a young female discovered in a cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is identified as a 'new type of ancient human' called the Toaleans - who only died out 1,500 years ago

Phys.org • August 23, 2021
To understand future habitat needs for chimpanzees, researchers look to the past

The Science Times • August 19, 2021
Archaeogenetics in Croatia's Neolithic, Bronze Age Possible Missing Piece of European Ancestry

Phys.org • August 18, 2021
Genetic histories and social organisation in Neolithic and Bronze Age Croatia

PennLive.com • July 27, 2021
First-ever documented chimp attacks on gorillas puzzle scientists: study

Duke University • July 27, 2021
Michael Tomasello Awarded Cognitive Science Prize

The Hill • July 23, 2021
Chimpanzees killing gorillas in unprecedented attacks, scientists report

Nature World News • July 23, 2021
Researchers Witnessed Deadly War Between Chimps and Gorillas for the First Time

Science • July 22, 2021
Australia’s cockatoos are masters of dumpster diving—and now they’re learning from each other

Telegraph.co.uk • July 22, 2021
Chimpanzees observed killing and eating gorillas for the first time 'due to climate change'

CNN.com • July 22, 2021
Lethal chimpanzee attacks on gorillas seen for first time in the wild

Newsweek • July 21, 2021
Researchers Observe First Recorded Lethal Chimpanzee Attacks on Gorillas