For the past 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been the only human species on Earth. Our ancestors, including the Neanderthals ...

When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago, the world was very different compared to today. Perhaps the biggest difference was that we—meaning ...

This study could be pivotal in our understanding of when, how, and why our ancestors embarked on their big move.

The origin of our species, Homo sapiens, has puzzled paleoanthropologists for generations — and finding the answer has only gotten more complicated with the discovery of far-flung fossils and ...

However, Henn and other scientists challenge the idea that only one population gave rise to modern humans. When modern humans began to emerge, our Homo sapiens ancestors were spread out in dozens ...

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

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted Neanderthals did not. A variety of approaches, including ochre sunscreen and ...

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, our *Homo sapiens* ancestors shared the landscape with multiple other hominins. The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhen the first modern humans arose in East ...

"For me, Homo sapiens evolved between 1 million and 700,000 years ago in Africa," John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, told Live Science in an email.

(THE CONVERSATION) When the first modern humans arose in East Africa sometime between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago, the world was very different compared to today. Perhaps the biggest difference ...