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

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

New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed—until one group succeeded spectacularly ...

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

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

This dramatic expansion of the human niche might explain why our species was so successful in migrating out of Africa about 50,000 years ago. Humans were now ready to learn about any place that ...

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

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

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

Early humans tried to leave Africa many times, but only one group succeeded because they were better at surviving in ...

Over millions of years, humans and their ancestors evolved alongside a host of terrifying predators—some so formidable, ...