A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

One of the great mysteries of human evolution is the intermediate step represented by the presence of Neanderthals for ...

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Researchers Categorize New Human Species After Fossils Found in China Reveal a Group That Vanished 50,000 Years Ago Extensive ...

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If Neanderthal women mated with Homo sapiens or Denisovan men, there was a high risk of newborns having neonatal hemolytic ...

Scientists uncovered how ancient blood groups helped Homo sapiens as compared to Neanderthals in their survival and spread ...

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A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have been a contributing factor to the decline of Neanderthals. In their paper ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization.