Homo erectus | Why Did the Most Successful Early Human Go Extinct? The Ancients host Tristan Hughes sits down with Professor John Mcnabb at the University of Southampton to discuss the extinct ...

Learn more about how to make sense of Asia’s confusing hominin fossil record of Homo juluensis, and why scientists proposed a new species.

The resulting 3D models were then compared with the ribcages of 59 modern human individuals, along with two Neanderthals and one Homo erectus fossil. So what did the team find?

At times during the BBC's new landmark documentary series Human (BBC2, Mon, 9pm), the evolution of our species sounds like a particularly uncomfortable family wedding.

The earliest evidence of human cannibalism dates back to 1.45 million years where a butchered Homo erectus bone was found in northern Kenya and it is likely the practice existed until relatively ...

Denisovan ancestry in Sahul ranges between 2% and 5%. No substantial admixture is detected from Homo erectus, Homo floresiensis, or Homo luzonensis.

Who were the Neanderthals—and why did they go extinct? Neanderthals were a hardy species, but these ancient human relatives disappeared 40,000 years ago. Here’s what scientists know.

Sarepta Therapeutics faces an "arduous path” to try to get its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy back onto the market, a senior FDA official told STAT.

The FDA will request Sarepta Therapeutics stop all shipments of Elevidys, its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, following two deaths tied to the product.