MailOnline has asked the experts what the world might look like if the Neanderthals and Denisovans hadn't gone extinct.

Homo sapiens may rule the world today, but things haven't always been that simple — and we're far from the only humans to have walked the face of the ...

Ancient Whale Fossils Found In The Desert & Evolution Of Whales. Whale Valley, Wadi El-Hitan Egypt.

Our ancient ancestors died out thousands of years ago, leaving behind nothing but fossils, a few scattered artefacts, and lingering traces in our DNA. For the last 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been ...

Researchers have reexaminated a mammoth ivory boomerang that was discovered in Obłazowa cave in Poland in 1985.

Ancient sediment reveals humans began systematically using fire 50,000 years ago, reshaping global climate patterns.

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

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

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

In 2010, Mijares and his colleagues unveiled the 67,000-year-old fossil, which they tentatively suggested belonged to a small-bodied member of Homo sapiens, making it perhaps the oldest sign of ...

Researcher used carbon dating to provide evidence that humans had arrived in Brazil much earlier than previously thought.

Our failure to prepare for climate breakdown has meant the rise of global inequality and political instability, writes John ...