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

Around 900,000 years ago, the global population reached a precarious low of only 1280 reproducing individuals and stayed like ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

Humans, known for their unparalleled adaptability, have thrived in diverse environments ranging from rainforests to deserts ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

Humans have been around on Earth for thousands of years, but there was a period when humanity was almost wiped out of ...

The ancient boomerang wasn't found alone; it lay alongside a human phalanx—a small bone from either a finger or a toe.

Our Ancestors Knew To Wear Sunscreen – It May Be How They Survived 40,000 years before the advice to wear sunscreen became a hit song, Homo sapiens were apparently onto it. Stephen Luntz ...

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