Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil ...

A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

A groundbreaking fossil study reveals that early human ancestors exhibited striking sexual dimorphism, reshaping our ...

A 5-year-old child who lived 140,000 years ago is the earliest evidence of interbreeding between the two species.

Tel Aviv, Israel — Modern humans and Neanderthals were interacting 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according ...

In the deserts of Ethiopia, scientists uncovered fossils showing that early members of our genus Homo lived side by side with ...

On the slopes of Mount Carmel in northern Israel, a small skull has changed the story of human history. Buried in Skhul Cave roughly 140,000 years ago, the remains of a five-year-old child show that ...

Scientists have uncovered the world’s earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens features: a five-year-old ...

The toolmakers or their ancestors might have arrived on Sulawesi by clinging to vegetation during a storm, but their identities remain a mystery ...

An international research team has identified the earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens traits. The ...