Human species

We can only guess what the future will look like. But the past? We have evidence to help us paint a picture of it. To visit it.

A new landmark study has revealed the oldest known human DNA ever to be found, dating back approximately 400,000 years – substantially older than the previous earliest human DNA from a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal. Initial analysis on the DNA reveals a complex and confusing interbreedi

Human evolution. Artwork of eight different species from the human evolutionary tree, all now extinct except modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens, lower right).

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01. People who work in slaughterhouses can and do suffer from Post-traumatic stress disorder.

@paleorex’s Instagram profile post: “Homo erectus Homo erectus was an extinct early human species that lived during the Pleistocene, with its earliest specimens living about…”

In the 150 years since Charles Darwin speculated that humans originated in Africa, the number of species in the human family tree has exploded, but so has the level of dispute concerning early human evolution. Fossil apes are often at the center of the debate, with some scientists dismissing their importance to the origins of the human lineage (the "hominins"), and others conferring them starring evolutionary roles. A new review out on May 7 in the journal Science looks at the major…

Wageningen University & Research will host the CRISPRcon conference on 20 and 21 June, where experts from all over the world will talk about the future of gene editing: adapting genetic material. Professor John van der Oost receives international praise for his long-standing commitment to CRISPR-Cas.