DNA analysis reveals West African ancestry in early medieval England
The skeleton of a girl from Updown cemetery, who was found to have West African ancestry D. Sayer et al.…
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Fossil teeth may come from a new species of early hominin
A model of an Australopithecus hominin Credit: Cro Magnon/Alamy Thirteen hominin teeth have been discovered in Ethiopia in layers of…
Introvert, extravert, otrovert? There’s a new personality type in town
When I was growing up, it was customary for children to join the scouts once they reached fifth grade, around…
Why bosses exploit their most loyal employees
Ferran Traite Soler/Getty Images “I’ve always prided myself on my can-do attitude,” a reader told me this month. “Recently, however,…
Human review: Exploring humanity’s ancient origins in fantastic new BBC documentary
A dramatic reconstruction of early modern Homo sapiens in Africa BBC/BBC Studios HumanBBC iPlayer (UK); PBS, US (17 September) In…
The Origin of Language review: Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case
Beekman suggests the complexity of childcare drove language’s spread Shutterstock/Artem Varnitsin The Origin of LanguageMadeleine Beekman (Simon & Schuster) Language…
An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution
DNA evidence indicates that a skull unearthed in Harbin, China, belonged to a Denisovan Hebei GEO University One of the…
Domination review: Alice Roberts investigates the unstoppable rise of Christianity
Some two millennia on, Christianity is still a dominant religion Sam Pelly/Millennium Images, UK DominationAlice Roberts (Simon & Schuster) Alice Roberts’s latest book…
Understanding the Denisovans means understanding ourselves
Ohn Bavaro Fine Art/Science Photo Library Today we are alone. But just a few hundred thousand years ago, our ancestors…