For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world ...

New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...

A groundbreaking study reveals a 140,000-year-old child skull found in Israel may represent the first identified hybrid ...

Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the only existing members of the human family tree. However, our evolutionary journey began around 6 million years ago and gave rise to at least 18 species, ...

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

Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down the genes some of us have inherited from Neanderthals, ...

By the time Agent 4 arrives, Pentagon generals rely on AI avatars for strategic counsel, morning affirmations, and probably romantic validation. Policymakers spend hours daily with their AI assistants ...

Homo sapiens: we’ve been through a lot these past 300,000 or so years. Now we have our own TV show.

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

In 1929, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old skeleton of a young girl in Skhūl Cave. The researchers believed her ...