The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range ...

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

Os bonobos ou chimpanzés-pigmeus, famosos por serem os primos "paz e amor" do Homo sapiens, também têm capacidades ...

A team of scientists found a human footprint that was more than 15,000 years old and challenged the timeline of human migration into South America.

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers announced the discovery of a new fossil from the ...

Both the Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with Homo sapiens around 50,000 years ago. While Neanderthal DNA accounts for around 2 percent of the genome of non-African modern humans ...

Subsequently, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago. Our species, Homo sapiens, is about 230,000 years old. Estimates of when language originated vary widely, based on different ...

Subsequently, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago. Our species, Homo sapiens, is about 230,000 years old. Estimates of when language originated vary widely, based on different ...

Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern humans belong, evolved in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago. Early Homo sapiens shared the planet with other human species like Neanderthals and Homo ...