For the past 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been the only human species on Earth. Our ancestors, including the Neanderthals ...

Explore five fascinating extinct human species that once walked the Earth beside Homo sapiens, from Neanderthals to the ...

According to the authors, the huge cache of bones may have been collected over a period of time before being imported to Neumark-Nord in one massive load, where they were intensively processed into ...

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

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Recent research clobbered that theory by showing pre-modern hominins evolution unique to Europe: The fossil, uncovered at the ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

If the world feels out of control, dystopian, or even apocalyptic, it's possible to change course. The fate of the human ...

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

The small-bodied hominin, named Homo luzonensis, lived on the island of Luzon at least 50,000 to 67,000 years ago. The hominin—identified from a total of seven teeth and six small bones—hosts ...

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

And perhaps of the world – dates back to over 42,000 years ago. Carved by a mammoth zanna and 70 cm long, it was found in the ...