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‘Major disruption in Neanderthal history’: 65,000 years ago, all Neanderthals in Europe died out except for one lineage

The last Neanderthals to survive in Europe came from a single lineage that survived the worst period of the ice age, ancient DNA reveals.

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Question of the Day

Scientists in China recently announced the first confirmed sighting of a critically endangered Hainan hare in part of its native range in 40 years. But how did they find it?

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It was caught in a trap

It had been run over by a car

It was hiding in a tree

It was racing a tortoise

Human Evolution

18 million-year-old fossils of ape found in Africa, but in an unexpected place

The ancestor of apes was long thought to come from East Africa, but newly discovered fossils in Egypt may prompt a rethink.

2 Neanderthals present at same Siberian cave 10,000 years apart were distant relatives, 110,000-year-old bone reveals

Researchers extracted DNA from a Neanderthal bone fragment found in Russia’s Denisova Cave, and the genome is shedding light on how small and isolated their groups were.

History & Archaeology

Roman mosaic shows topless woman battling leopard in arena, study finds

For the first time ever, an image of a Roman woman battling a beast in an arena has been identified.

Space Exploration

Astronauts may struggle to reproduce in outer space, study suggests — what does that mean for the future of space colonization?

A new study found that microgravity simulated on Earth hindered sperm cell movement, egg fertilization and embryo development ‪—‬ findings that have serious implications for the future of space colonization.

Astronauts will ‘absolutely be test subjects’: NASA’s moon plans pose big questions — and big risks

Experts say building a lunar colony within the next decade, as NASA and Elon Musk want to, will require finding solutions to problems we don’t yet fully understand.