Ancient history often feels distant and abstract, reduced to fossil fragments and textbook timelines. Yet every so often, a scientific discovery makes the past feel unexpectedly personal. A new ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. After sequencing the Neanderthal genome, ...

A new way to use DNA to peer into the history of humanity is rewriting what experts know about our long-extinct cousins, the Neanderthals, US researchers said Monday. Previous research has suggested ...