Many years ago I had a job on a boat contracted as a charter survey boat working for the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). The IPHC’s Fishery Independent Setline Surveys ...

At Grotte Mandrin in France, a Neanderthal discovery has challenged everything we know about our human relatives. We ...

The large Harbin skull from China has been linked to Denisovans through DNA and ancient proteins. Fu et al. (2025) Take a walk in London’s Trafalgar Square this summer and wilting under the heat will ...

Two genetic changes in the genomes of Neanderthals contributed to the extinct hominin’s characteristic robust physique — and the differences persist in modern humans. The variants make carriers taller ...

The mystery of Bigfoot has been solved, if you believe Snake the Bigfoot Hunter. He's been labeled a hoaxer and scammer by some, but that has done nothing to slow him down. After finding what he ...

As we bask in the golden age of Neanderthal discoveries, where it seems like every week or month, scientists uncover another fact that radically changes what we thought we knew about our ancient ...

The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist John Olsen. By Franz Lidz Franz Lidz has had two root canals and was ...

Teeth from Neanderthals is providing new insight. It appears no article text was provided. Please supply the articles you’d like summarized. Scientists are fleshing out their understanding of ...

No one likes having their teeth drilled at the dentist. But hey, it could be worse. You could be a Neanderthal performing surgery on your own rotting molar with nothing but a shard of rock. That’s the ...

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A hole drilled into a 60,000-year-old molar suggests that Neanderthals practiced complex dental care long before modern humans. To test their theory that Neanderthals performed dentistry on this ...