A 140,000-year-old skull discovered in Israel suggests a possible Neanderthal-Homo sapien hybrid child. Unearthed in Skhul ...

M odern humans ( Homo sapiens) are the sole surviving representatives of the human family tree, but we're the last sentence ...

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

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 ...

Neanderthals, formally called Homo neanderthalensis, were more robustly built than Homo sapiens and had larger brows. They lived from around 430,000 years ago until their disappearance relatively ...

Homo naledi, an extinct human relative, buried dead and carved symbols long before modern humans, new research at the Rising Star cave system in South Africa found.

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), are the human species that has attracted the most attention as our closest evolutionary relatives.The first fossils related to Neanderthals weren’t ...

A non-human creature dubbed Homo naledi was discovered nearly a decade ago — and researchers now believe the creature may have had a head start on Homo sapiens, or humans, in using fire as a tool.

Item 1 of 4 A Homo sapiens bone fragment from excavations at a cave site in the German town of Ranis provides new insight into the arrival of Homo sapiens in the region thousands of years earlier ...

SCIENCE SHORTS. Why Did Homo Sapiens Outlive Neanderthals? Their Teeth Offer a Clue Dental enamel suggests our extinct cousins experienced longer periods of stress during childhood ...

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 ...