However, a pair of fossilized skull fragments recently found off the Javanese coast are helping experts recontextualize the ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

Researchers have traced where and when the HIV protective mutation arose but also how it gave northern European ancestors a competitive advantage against ancient diseasesA genetic mutation in a ...

Researchers have traced a genetic mutation that provides HIV resistance to a person who lived near the Black Sea 6,700–9,000 ...

A new study shows two species of early human ancestors used their hands for both climbing and tool-making WASHINGTON -- Our hands can reveal a lot about how a person has lived – and that’s ...

Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose -- and how it protected our ancestors from ancient diseases.

WASHINGTON — Our hands can reveal a lot about how a person has lived – and that’s true for early human ancestors, too. Different activities such as climbing, grasping or hammering place ...

This artist rendering shows hands of early human ancestors, called Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, found in South Africa. The left images show photos of the bones, and the right images ...