Experts think that the human species that left Africa 50,000 years ago had garnered this ability and therefore managed to ...

The discovery offers new insight into human evolution, particularly between the two early human species, known as hominins — a term for a subdivision of hominids. Hominins are all organisms within the ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. That ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

An early human species – the Denisovans – who went extinct 25,000 years ago – lived across more of the world than was thought, according to new research by a UCD-based archaeologist.

Early humans may have played a significant role in the demise of one of the most iconic ancient species -- the woolly mammoth -- and others like it, according to new research.

Humans have inhabited all corners of the world today. But there was a period when humanity was almost wiped out from the face ...

Our species first evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago. While prior fossil finds show some groups made early forays outside the continent, lasting human settlements in other parts of the ...

According to a new study published in the journal Biology Letters, the bedbug’s long affair with humans began about 245,000 years ago.

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our ...