Human ancestors may have lived with dinosaurs millions of years ago

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 12:14

A new study suggests that an ancestor of humans-albeit one that is at the root of our family tree-shared the planet with dinosaurs.

Chimp ancestors may have learned to make friends 6 mn yrs ago

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 12:41

A new research has found that the ability to form friendship with people like oneself was there in ancestors of chimpanzees and humans.

Language your ancestors spoke in 2,500 BC revealed

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 21:48

A linguist has been able to recreate a proto-Indo-European (PIE) language that was spoken between 4,500 and 2,500 B.C.

Residents to pay respect to ancestors during pitru paksha

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 17:27

Pitru paksha, the period when Hindus offer respect to their ancestors starts on Friday and will continue till October 4. Also known as Mahalaya Paksha, the fortnight is meant to please one’s departed ancestors and it holds much importance among all communities.

Most common male and female ancestors lived around same time

Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2013, 15:17

First full-chromosome sequencing effort has found that most recent male and female common ancestors lived around the same time.

Human ancestors `smaller than rats`: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 13:41

Early ancestors of human beings might be `miniscule monkeys` smaller than rats, an international study has said.

Human ancestors changed diet 3.5 million years ago

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 21:18

It is a major question why human ancestors didn`t seriously start exploiting savanna grasses until less than 4 million years ago.

How our ancestors started to walk on two feet

Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 18:21

Archaeologists at the University of York have challenged evolutionary theories behind the development of our earliest ancestors from tree dwelling quadrupeds to upright bipeds capable of walking and scrambling.

Ice age ancestors used similar words as modern humans

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 15:15

Scientists have unveiled the `super-language` used by our Ice-Age ancestors to communicate in Europe 15,000 years ago.

Tom Cruise`s ancestors controlled Dublin?

Last Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013, 08:51

Tom Cruise was reportedly surprised when he found out that his ancestors controlled the majority of Dublin, the capital of Ireland.

David Cameron`s ancestors owned slaves, reveals database

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 22:04

British Prime Minister David Cameron is among some of the famous Britons distantly related to people involved in the slave trade, according to a new database.