The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

Dive into the world of our ancient cousins and discover the key differences between Paranthropus and Homo. Understanding ...

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

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Humans aren’t the only animals with numerical awareness, although we are alone in our ability to perform symbolic ...

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

Homo naledi was a strange mosaic of the ancient and the thoroughly modern. Naledi’s brain was no bigger than an orange, scientists say, and its hands are superficially human-like.

Homo naledi, an extinct human relative, buried dead and carved symbols long before modern humans, new research at the Rising Star cave system in South Africa found.

Anthropologists have long sought to pin down the exact location of the proverbial “Garden of Eden” — the region of our planet where the earliest Homo sapiens emerged.. Over the last two ...

A non-human creature dubbed Homo naledi was discovered nearly a decade ago — and researchers now believe the creature may have had a head start on Homo sapiens, or humans, in using fire as a tool.

Homo naledi, an extinct human relative, buried dead and carved symbols long before modern humans, new research at the Rising Star cave system in South Africa found.