History
The 43,000-Year-Old Fingerprint That May Be the First Art
A Neanderthal pressed their ochre-stained finger onto a stone in Spain. Researchers now argue it's one of the oldest known artistic expressions.
Casey Cooper·
Human Evolution
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Science
The Denisovans: What a 200,000-Year-Old Tooth Reveals
A molar found in a Siberian cave has yielded the oldest high-coverage ancient genome ever sequenced, rewriting our understanding of human evolution's most mysterious relatives.
Casey Cooper·