The author of “Sapiens” says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

A new study published June 18 in the journal Nature has uncovered a “huge surprise” about humans in Africa 50,000 years ago.

A remarkable scientific discovery is reshaping our understanding of human evolution. The analysis of an incredibly preserved ancient skull, dubbed 'Dragon Man,' is providing unprecedented genetic ...

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

But around 300,000 years ago, the two groups came back together, before breeding and eventually spawning homo sapiens. Group A contributed 80 per cent of the genetic makeup of modern humans, while ...

Around 100,000 years ago, a group of Homo sapiens -like humans buried five of their dead at Timshenet cave, along with grave goods consisting of animal remains and chunks of red ochre. At the same ...

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Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to ...

The Homo sapiens fossils found beneath Ranis Castle in central Germany were already the oldest evidence of our species in northern Europe. Now, these ancient German fossils have torn up the timeline ...

Scientists have discovered a 'lost' species of human with an abnormally large skull which lived alongside homo sapiens. Known as the Juluren, meaning 'big head people', this ancient species may ...