Radiocarbon dating uses the decay of a radioactive isotope of carbon (14C) to measure time
and date objects containing carbon-bearing material. With a half-life of 5,700±30 years …

Advances in the sequencing and the analysis of the genomes of both modern and ancient
peoples have facilitated a number of breakthroughs in our understanding of human …

Determining the extent of overlap between modern humans and other hominins in Eurasia,
such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, is fundamental to understanding the nature of their …

Modern humans appeared in Europe by at least 45,000 years ago,,,–, but the extent of their
interactions with Neanderthals, who disappeared by about 40,000 years ago, and their …

Genomic analyses of Neanderthals have previously provided insights into their population
history and relationship to modern humans,,,,,,–, but the social organization of Neanderthal …

The extent and nature of symbolic behavior among Neandertals are obscure. Although
evidence for Neandertal body ornamentation has been proposed, all cave painting has …

The past few years have witnessed a revolution in our ability to obtain DNA from ancient
humans. This important new data has added to our knowledge from archaeology and …

It was recently shown that the major genetic risk factor associated with becoming severely ill
with COVID-19 when infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Neanderthals and Denisovans are extinct groups of hominins that separated from each
other more than 390,000 years ago,. Here we present the genome of 'Denisova 11', a bone …

Recent genomic data have revealed multiple interactions between Neanderthals and
modern humans, but there is currently little genetic evidence regarding Neanderthal …