Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

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The debate around the evolution of modern humans has intensified with new findings about Homo sapiens fossils from East Africa. The oldest remains currently known were discovered at Djebel Irhoud ...

Recent breakthroughs in genetic research have unveiled astonishing insights into our ancestors. New studies confirm that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) not only coexisted ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology ...

Homo sapiens evolved about 300,000 years ago, and a small group crossed Suez about 50,000 years ago and then radiated all around the world. The fact that Asians, Indians, Arabs, Australians, Americans ...

The Homo sapiens fossils found beneath Ranis Castle in central Germany were already the oldest evidence of our species in northern Europe. Now, these ancient German fossils have torn up the timeline ...

Since the discovery of Neanderthals nearly two centuries ago, paleoanthropologists have grappled with an evolutionary mystery: Why did Homo sapiens survive as a species while their stockier ...