The study of human evolution is challenging. Our ancestors have naturally lived in areas where nature has produced a lot of food. In these kinds of areas, the bones of dead individuals are also disintegrated rapidly. For this reason, not many fossils of our human ancestors have been found.

Genetics is a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes, genetic variation and heredity. It plays an important role in piecing together the story of human evolution.


Scientists looking for the remains of Neanderthal fossils and dwellings in Spain.