Humanity has always been intrigued by its origins. Where do we come from, and how are we related to those…
Taking inspiration from the Human Genome Project, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) initiated the ambitious “Genome India Project” (GIP) . The GIP…
Major discovery in Tamil Nadu’s Keezhadi: A possible link to Indus Valley Civilisation Another major discovery is that people in…
As UNESCO brings urgent awareness to Indigenous languages this year, a linguist considers whether saving languages is sentimental or critical.…
What makes us human? A lot of people would argue it is the ability of our species to engage in…
New evidence from caves in Spain shows that Neanderthals engaged in complex symbolic thought—and were pretty good artists to boot.…
He Jiankui and two collaborators were found guilty of “illegal medical practices” He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who stunned the…
(Image: Fossilized hippopotamid skeleton with Oldowan artifacts) Archaeologists have revealed what could be the oldest stone tools ever found, and…
Aminopeptidase N is a protein that acts as a receptor for coronaviruses, the family of viruses behind recent epidemics of…
Biological anthropologists use genetic data to understand the evolutionary relationships that humans share with great apes and to examine how…