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

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

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Elena Zavala of the University of California, Berkeley, about new research showing how homo sapiens and Neanderthals interacted and may have even interbred.

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

The burials are older than any known Homo sapiens burials by at least 100,000 years. A reconstruction of Homo naledi's head by paleoartist John Gurche, who spent some 700 hours recreating the head ...

The species Homo sapiens (or “wise man”) began to evolve about 300,000 years ago, and eventually won out the evolutionary battle and became the only Homo species to reign on Earth about 40,000 ...

Homo sapiens are extremely skilled at war. Even after primitive Homo sapiens broke out of Africa 200,000 years ago , it took over 150,000 years to conquer Neanderthal lands.

Homo sapiens likely arose from multiple closely related populations Date: May 17, 2023 Source: University of California - Davis Summary: In testing the genetic material of current populations in ...

A provocative new study suggests that Homo sapiens moved into Europe in three waves. By Laura Baisas. Published May 4, 2023 11:00 AM EDT.

Pronounced differences in the braincase, ear bones and pelvis can still be recognised in fossils of Neanderthals and Homo sapiens from 100,000 years ago.This suggests a separate evolutionary history ...