Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.

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A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...

The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

This age means the footprints may have been left by Homo antecessor, an early human species known to be present in Europe at that time. Not only are the footprints the earliest evidence yet of humans ...