Homo sapiens may rule the world today, but things haven't always been that simple — and we're far from the only humans to ...

Grease is the word – at least, it was for Neanderthals living in what is now Germany some 125,000 years ago. New research ...

In the 1997 action film "Dante's Peak," Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity ...

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 ...

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 ...

Europe’s earliest known boomerang, carved from mammoth tusk and over 40,000 years old, reveals advanced skills of early Homo ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

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