A breakthrough in human evolutionary research has finally revealed the place where Homo sapiens and Neanderthals first ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

The new dating of an object found decades ago in Poland reinforces the idea that early humans in Central Europe had ...

Our ancient ancestors died out thousands of years ago, leaving behind nothing but fossils, a few scattered artefacts, and lingering traces in our DNA. For the last 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been ...

Scientists explore the mystery of Neanderthal extinction. A new theory links their disappearance to the Laschamp event. This ...

Hidden for 80+ years, the Harbin skull has finally been identified as Denisovan using DNA and protein analysis.

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

DNA and protein analysis of a 146,000-year-old skull shows for the first time what the face of this species, which occupied ...

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a ...