According to their data, Homo sapiens were present in Ranis 47,500 ... A growing library of evidence has been pushing this timeline back more and more. Hublin and the team's discoveries are ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus demonstrated remarkable adaptability by thriving in harsh desert environments, ...

Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape. The early humans visited water holes that popped up after it ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

Neanderthals interbred with modern humans for longer than previously thought, with the two species now believed to have coexisted for about 7,000 years, analysis shows. Genomics research has ...

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

Adams, J. 2002. “Global land environments during the last 130,000 years.” esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/nerc.html#maps Bintanja, R., and R. S. W. van de Wal. 2008 ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...