Scientists are reporting the discovery of a previously unknown species of ancient human that lived in the Philippines…
The discovery of 2.4-million-year-old stone tools and butchered bones at a site in Algeria suggests our distant hominin …
The stereotype of a typical Neanderthal life is that it was extraordinarily difficult, violent, and traumatic. But a…
In the 1980s, scientists learned that all humans living today are descended from a woman, dubbed “Mitochondrial Eve,”…
Our species made its debut some 300,000 years ago. During the preceding millenniums, our continent of origin underwent…
Genetic analysis suggests two populations of Denisovans—an extinct group of hominids closely related to…
A DNA sample from a 10,000-year-old skeleton discovered in Gough Cave near Cheddar Gorge, England, offers a remarkable…
Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered the partial jawbone from what appears to be a modern human. Dated to between…
Here is your daily reminder that humans are just one animal among many that have existed on Earth, and that our…
Our distant hominid ancestors were far more human-like than we thought. A revision of the human origins timeline shows…
It turns out humanity has been almost wiped out a few times in our distant past. How did it happen, and what does it…
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