Neanderthals and Denisovans survived for half a million years; Homo erectus lasted nearly two million years. At the rate we’re going, how successful will we look in 2,000 years, much less a million?

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

The fingerprint, discovered on a painted pebble in a Spanish cave, represents the oldest known evidence of Neanderthal ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

Ancient DNA reveals new twists in Neanderthal migration. Genetic surprises pulled from 120,000-year-old bones showcase the nuanced history of this close human relative.

China’s Maba Skull May Belong to a Human We’ve Never Met Before ...

A recent study published in the journal L’anthropologie provides new data on one of the most fascinating mysteries of human ...

Discover the groundbreaking new research that uncovers the crucial factor that allowed humans to successfully leave Africa 50 ...

Two studies published on Wednesday in the journals Science and Cell presented molecular evidence confirming that the ...

DNA and protein analysis of a 146,000-year-old skull shows for the first time what the face of this species, which occupied ...

How did Homo sapiens manage to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago, when earlier treks out of the continent had ended in ...