A breakthrough in human evolutionary research has finally revealed the place where Homo sapiens and Neanderthals first crossed paths. The discovery places the two ancient human species not in the ...

An anthropologist highlights the revolutionary role of the practice, which was often led by women, and was just as crucial to ...

Neanderthals and ancient Homo sapiens were similar in many important ways, but it’s long been believed that our ancestors thrived because of their ability to adapt, and in some ways control, a ...

Evolution breakthrough after study finds Neanderthals 'more human' than previously thought The study found striking parallels between how Neanderthals and modern humans used the space within the ...

Homo naledi, an extinct human relative, buried dead and carved symbols long before modern humans, new research at the Rising Star cave system in South Africa found.

It is all too easy to think of human evolution in linear terms. From our 21st century vantage point we can look back through Deep Time for the first glimmerings of the traits we see in ourselves ...

New evidence on the diet of the 'Homo antecessor' from Atapuerca Date: February 27, 2017 Source: Universidad de Barcelona Summary: The Homo antecessor, a hominin species that inhabited the Iberian ...