Medicine & TechnologyDNA sequencing has helped scientists in mapping the evolution of our species for ages and because of that, humans are closer in understanding their origins.
A group of scientists has revealed on Wednesday that Neanderthals, not humans, were the first American settlers on the continent way back more than 130 000 years ago.
Researchers found Neanderthal fossils from Belgium and the El Sidrón site in Asturias, northern Spain. By Analyzing DNA samples researchers found they used various plants to heal their tooth problems.
Fossil of two human skulls was discovered from the Lingjing site in Eastern China. Zhan-Yang Li and his team found that those skulls are more than 100,000 years old and they have some similarities with both modern and Extinct human species.