THE mystery of a robust ancient jawbone with large teeth and what species it belongs to has baffled scientists since it was dredged up in the 2000s. But in a new study, scientists say the bone may ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

Sit back and relax as we take you on tour to meet our ancestors - the early Homo sapiens of the Pleistocene. White House announces student loan crackdown American Airlines Announces Change to ...

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North ... Given the effect we and our ancestors have had on many species when we arrived in their territory, it was ...

Cave dwelling, clothing and sunscreen may be the reason Homo sapiens outlasted the Neanderthals, a new study suggests. Neanderthals became extinct about 40,000 years ago, leaving modern humans as ...

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

These objects, absent in Neanderthal contexts, suggest that our ancestors were already making fitted garments ... with regions where increased cave occupation and ochre use by Homo sapiens are ...

(AP) - An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans ... and our own species, Homo sapiens. “Denisovan fossils are very ...

Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural protection ...