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 ...

Modern humans, or Homo sapiens, are the only living Homo species. But we haven't always been alone. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

After Homo sapiens evolved from the African descendants of H. erectus, humans began exploring the rest of the world, starting this new journey at least 200,000 years ago.

If we restrict the use of Homo sapiens in the fossil record to specimens which share a significant number of derived features in the skeleton with extant H. sapiens, the origin of our species would be ...

Evidence that cross-continental Stone Age networking events powered human evolution ramped up in 2021. A long-standing argument that Homo sapiens originated in East Africa before moving elsewhere ...

Although it is widely understood that Homo sapiens originated in Africa, uncertainty surrounds how branches of human evolution diverged and how people migrated across the continent, said Brenna ...

SCIENCE SHORTS Why Did Homo Sapiens Outlive Neanderthals? Their Teeth Offer a Clue Dental enamel suggests our extinct cousins experienced longer periods of stress during childhood ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Scientists have introduced what they believe may be a new ancient human species. The Juluren, or "large head people," are believed to have lived in eastern Asia over 100,000 ...

The layer containing the Homo sapiens child’s tooth spans 56,800 to 51,700 years ago. In different layers, the scientists discovered eight other teeth that belonged to Neanderthals.

Chris Stringer, The origin and evolution of Homo sapiens, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 371, No. 1698, Discussion meeting issue: Major transitions in human evolution (5 July ...