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

This study could be pivotal in our understanding of when, how, and why our ancestors embarked on their big move.

A partial skull discovered in Apidima Cave on the Mani Peninsula in Southern Greece has revealed that Homo sapiens were the first humans to leave Africa, challenging previous assumptions about ...

Grotte Mandrin (the rock in the center) in Mediterranean France records some of the earliest migrations of Homo Sapiens in Europe. Ludovic Slimak, CC-BY 4.0 ...

We live in an era of mass migration. According to the United Nations’ World Migration Report 2022, ... Homo sapiens, the impulse to migrate assumed new facets linked to culture.

For decades, the accepted theory of human migration suggested that Homo sapiens arrived to America around 15,000 years ago, and that they were the very first humans to roam North America.

While this leap in abilities is impressive, it’s important not to assume that only Homo sapiens did it, said University of Bordeaux archaeologist William Banks, who was not involved in the research.

Our species emerged in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with a migration out of the continent 60,000 to 70,000 years ago heralding the start of the global spread of Homo sapiens. But where did ...

The first modern humans spread across Europe in three waves during the Paleolithic, according to a study published May 3, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ludovic Slimak of the CNRS ...

When Homo sapiens left Africa around 60,000 years ago in a more substantial migration, the offspring of Homo sapiens-Neanderthal encounters remained within modern human populations, ...

While this leap in abilities is impressive, it’s important not to assume that only Homo sapiens did it, said University of Bordeaux archaeologist William Banks, who was not involved in the research.

While this leap in abilities is impressive, it’s important not to assume that only Homo sapiens did it, said University of Bordeaux archaeologist William Banks, who was not involved in the research.