Over the past nine years, researchers have been excavating the remains of a Neanderthal from an archaeological site called Grotte Mandrin in southern France. They nicknamed him “Thorin” after a dwarf ...

Following from these results, the European TV Culture Channel, ARTE, has produced a documentary on Thorin and its discovery. Based in Strasbourg, ARTE has a monthly viewing of around 6.6 million. The ...

A recently published scientific paper has confirmed the close genetic links between a Neanderthal population in the Rhone ...

Analyzing DNA extracted from skeletons and teeth dating… Thorin, the World's Loneliest Neanderthal, Belonged to a Lineage Isolated for Over 50,000 Years A fossilized Neanderthal, discovered in a cave ...

A newfound rock-shelter in Tajikistan has artifacts created by ancient humans spanning 130,000 years. Along a stream in ...

A protein that is involved in determining which enzymes cut or unwind DNA during the replication process has been identified in a new study. In a new paper published in Nature Communications ...

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a Sephardic Jew from western Europe. Spanish researchers announced their ...

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a Sephardic Jew from western Europe. Spanish researchers announced their ...

ST. PAUL — The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has put DNA testing at its crime lab on hold as it works to determine the source of “sporadic DNA contamination.” The sheriff’s office ...

Richard Allen is accused of killing two teenage girls on a hiking trail. No DNA was found at the site of the Delphi, Indiana, double murders to tie the suspect, Richard Allen, or anyone else to ...