Oldest human

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It seems that the idea of free love started a lot earlier than the 1960s. An international team of researchers has found a tiny bone fragment belonging to an ancient hominin, named ‘Denny’ by the team, that had a Neanderthal for a mother and a Denisovan for a father – two of the closest extinct relatives of currently living humans.

Humans have many half-Neanderthal, half-human ancestors. But none of those ancestors passed us Neanderthal Y-chromosomes. Now scientists think they know why.

The face of the oldest known human has been reconstructed for the first time, revealing a man described as ‘strong and serene’.

The oldest known human DNA, which may belong to a mysterious branch of humanity, reveals human evolution was even more confusing than thought, researchers say.

A 3.8 million year old Australopithecus skull is causing a sensation in the archaeological and evolutionary world not seen since the discovery of "Lucy".

The daguerreotype was the process of development of photography which entered use in 1839 and quickly gained massive popularity in Europe. Invented by a

Explore Cheddar Man’s life and history, and follow the story of how Museum scientists helped reveal what he looked like.

According to documentation recognised by Indonesian officials, Mbah Gotho was born on December 31 1870. He outlived all 10 of his siblings.

Elizabeth Francis is among "supercentenarians" — people who have lived past 110.