Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural ...

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

Learn more about Thorin the Neanderthal, one of the last remaining specimens of ancient humans to be found in Eurasia.

Modern humans and Neanderthals are classified as separate species. According to biologists, they shouldn’t have been able to ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

Less good is the fact that Neanderthal DNA can leave individuals predisposed to developing skin lesions called keratoses, ...

A study suggests that Homo sapiens may have benefited from the use of ochre and tailored clothing during a period of increased UV light 41,000 years ago, during the Laschamps excursion.

A cave in Israel reveals traces of coexistence between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens that differs significantly from what was previously imagined. The discoveries suggest advanced cultural and ...

It may be a politically incorrect to say it, but desperate times require words commensurate with the existential threat of ...

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

Findings, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, show that different hominin groups, including Homo sapiens and Neanderthal-like populations, weren't just existing in parallel.