A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia ... indicating that our species—H. sapiens—appeared on the scene as early as 300,000 ...

Long before the rise of the Homo sapiens civilization, our ancestors walked the valleys of East Africa over a million years ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared technologies and customs.

Archaeologists have in recent times explored the ancient history of their ancestors, uncovering evidence in Morocco of the earliest known fossils of Homo sapiens, providing crucial insights into ...

An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough for ...

For decades, the predominant view of human evolution held that Homo sapiens emerged in Africa between 200,000 and 300,000 ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle ... web of interactions that shaped our ancestors' world. As excavations continue ...

A mutation had taken hold—a twist in the genetic code that set Homo sapiens apart from their ancestors. Unlike Homo erectus and Homo naledi, who lived and thrived for thousands of years ...

Were our ancestors rivals, peaceful neighbors, or perhaps even collaborators? By analyzing stone tools, hunting methods, symbolic practices and social structures, the researchers have concluded that ...

The ancestors of all modern humans split off from a mystery population 1.5 million years ago and then reconnected with them 300,000 years ago, a new genetic model suggests.