This timeline is based on studies from paleontology, developmental biology, morphology and from anatomical and genetic data. The study of human evolution is a major component of anthropology.

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Interestingly, some Neanderthals and Homo heidelbergensis communities buried or deposited their dead in caves - as have many modern human (Homo sapiens) cultures from the Stone Age to the present day.

The debate around the evolution of modern humans has intensified with new findings about Homo sapiens fossils from East Africa. The oldest remains currently known were discovered at Djebel Irhoud ...

Human bones in a German cave place Homo Sapiens in Europe 7,500 years earlier than experts thought. The findings suggest Homo sapiens lived near Neanderthals for millennia, which is a new revelation.

The precise timeline of Homo sapiens' evolution in Africa remains uncertain. However, current fossil and genetic evidence suggests that modern humans and Neanderthals diverged at least 500,000 ...

The Homo sapiens fossils found beneath Ranis Castle in central Germany were already the oldest evidence of our species in northern Europe.Now, these ancient German fossils have torn up the timeline of ...