Ancient bow-and-arrow technology dating back some 48,000 years has been discovered in a Sri Lankan cave, making it…

As I write this, I realize that most of you are probably staying at home, like me. First of all, hang in here. This…

A partial skull found in South Africa suggests Homo erectus—an ancestral human species—appeared 100,000 years…

The famous 3.2-million-year-old Lucy specimen has captivated scientists since it was discovered in 1974. Lucy was a…

Human evolution was messy, with multiple human species living and interbreeding at the same time, in a convoluted…

Archaeologists in Ethiopia have uncovered skull fragments and tools belonging to Homo erectus, one of the most…

Before we became the only remaining humans on the planet, Homo sapiens mated with Neanderthals and the closely…

We’re all a little Neanderthal. That’s the conclusion of a study that used a new statistical technique to revise…

New evidence suggests Neanderthals gathered clam shells and volcanic rock from the bottom of the Mediterranean,…

Using modern dating techniques, scientists have dramatically narrowed the age of Homo erectus fossils found in Java…

A new paper claiming that modern humans originated in northern Botswana some 200,000 years ago is being criticized…

Unlike humans living today, our distant ancestors exerted a very small footprint on the planet, leaving barely…

A comprehensive analysis of DNA from modern Melanesian people suggests an assortment of mutated genes inherited from…

A pinky finger bone, some teeth, and a lower jaw. That’s all the physical evidence we have of the mysterious…

Very little is known about the Denisovans—a mysterious group of hominins that lived alongside early humans and…

The discovery of a nearly intact skull in Ethiopia is the first to show the facial characteristics of a critically…

Dental evidence suggests Neanderthals and modern humans diverged from a common ancestor around 800,000 years…

Humans evolved from a group of ape-like hominins known as Australopithecine, but scientists aren’t such which…

In 2010, archaeologists found evidence of a previously unknown hominin, the Denisovans, in a Siberian cave.…

Scientists are reporting the discovery of a previously unknown species of ancient human that lived in the…