Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than ...

“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

Homo floresiensis and some of the strangely sized animals that ... was much smaller than modern wolves. They were the smallest subspecies of the grey wolf in the world, 30 cm in height and 88 cm in ...

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers announced the discovery of a new fossil from the ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

The lowest level of ranking is normally the species, though lower ranks, such as subspecies, can be used in certain situations. Closely related species form a genus, which are put together into larger ...