Homo sapiens' entry into Europe might have hastened Neandertals' extinction. Neandertals may have had a greater penchant for ...

If Neanderthal women mated with Homo sapiens or Denisovan men, there was a high risk of newborns having neonatal hemolytic ...

Was blood a factor in the demise of the Neanderthals? New research is showing that Homo sapiens underwent huge changes in ...

Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

Homo sapiens, emerged. “Now extinct, Homo erectus existed more than an estimated 1.5 million years, marking them as a species ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood ...