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

A new study reveals that ancient Homo sapiens possessed a unique adaptability, thriving in diverse and challenging environments across Africa before their major dispersal around 50,000 years ago ...

A fine mist accompanies the clan as the sun rises and they begin their journey. There are 12 people in total, some of them adults, some children, and others so small that they have to travel on the ...

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

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

He added that “this revolution could well signal the end of pure homo sapiens, whether through the realisation of transhumanism – if/when we become digitally enhanced, perhaps as the next ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

According to a new study published Wednesday in Nature, ancient Homo sapiens developed the flexibility to survive by finding food and other resources in a wide variety of difficult habitats before ...

Yet not everyone is convinced that the Skhul child belongs to the Homo sapiens lineage, particularly given the similarities some of the bones show to those of Neanderthal children from France and ...

Naming discussions aside, a very exciting discovery remains: a kind of human we once only knew from a pinky bone dug up from ...

For instance, John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is concerned about the study authors' claims that the Moroccan fossils belong to the Homo sapiens clade.