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 ...

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

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

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.

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

Humans Ancient footprints show how early human species lived side by side. Footprints preserved on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya seem to be from two ancient human species, showing they lived ...

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.

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

Molecular sleuthing has tied the more‑than‑146,000‑year‑old Harbin cranium, known as "Dragon Man," to this hidden branch of humanity.

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

Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...