A groundbreaking archaeological and genetic study has uncovered a previously unknown Himalayan population in Ladakh's Kargil region, offering remarkable new insights into ancient human migration across Asia.

Scientists analyzed DNA from 10 individuals discovered inside the Old Lady Spider Cave, located nearly 4,000 meters above sea level. The remains date back approximately 2,500 years, while researchers believe the population first emerged through the mixing of Tibetan and North Indian ancestry around 2,800 years ago—centuries before the rise of the Tibetan Empire.

The study also identified a third genetic component linked to Inner Asia, although researchers have not yet determined its exact origin.

Ancient DNA Discovery In Ladakh Rewrites Himalayan History | Lost Population Found

Using Bayesian evolutionary modelling, the researchers tested several theories linked to handedness, including tool use, diet, habitat, body mass, social organisation, brain size and movement patterns.

Why 90% of humans are right-handed may be linked to walking upright, new study finds

Can humans live on almost no water when our bodies are largely made up of water? A Kenyan community has been doing just that for thousands of years. Scientists now know why their bodies allow them to lead healthy lives with little water and a lot of protein.

Meat, blood, milk, and almost no water: Scientists find what helped Kenyan tribe survive on extreme diet for centuries

Researchers at the University of Michigan suggest that Homo sapiens developed behavioural and technological strategies to survive this period, while Neanderthals, lacking such innovations, may have been more vulnerable.

Prehistoric sunscreens! Did you know humans had a sun protection secret 40,000 years ago?

Plastics, deforestation, polluted water bodies and a world full of concrete. The evidence of the continuous existence of humanity is spread across the world. The human population has currently exceeded 8 billion.

There were once only 1,280 early humans left to breed, claim Chinese scientists

A study published in the journal, Nature Ecology and Evolution, after studying thousands of fish fossils, revealed that they have found evidence of what may be the earliest signs of fire being used to cook.

Study shows first evidence of cooking which maybe over 600,000 years earlier than previously thought

A 390 million-year-old fish-like creature with four limbs that was discovered in Scotland in the 1890s has been revealed to be the first ancestor of all four-limbed animals, including humans.

This 390 million-year-old fish-like creature is revealed to be earliest ancestors of humans

According to a new study, ancient humans evolved as a result of climate change by settling and adapting to different habitats. Climate change caused by astronomical influences including tilt in the Earth's axis and variations in the shape of the Earth's orbit around the sun has altered how much solar radiation reaches the globe, according to a study published in Nature.

Climate change shaped human evolution's last 2 million years

In a major step towards mapping the entirety of genetic relationships among humans, scientists have created the largest human family tree ever made, allowing people to find out who their distant ancestors were.

Scientists create largest human family tree, dating back 100,000 years

For years, we have all thought that human beings have evolved to their maximum. But researchers have now revealed that human babies are now being born with slightly different features.

Human 'microevolution' forming more arteries, less wisdom teeth in babies

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