Scientists uncovered how ancient blood groups helped Homo sapiens as compared to Neanderthals in their survival and spread ...

A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have been a contributing factor to the decline of Neanderthals. In their paper ...

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

A detailed analysis of these remnants was used to recreate the climate and activity of a direct ancestor of modern humans, ...

People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

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

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

Embarking on a journey through the annals of human evolution, we uncover a narrative that is as fascinating as it is complex. This saga not only chronicles the physical transformations experienced by ...

Sweden plans to store nuclear waste for 100,000 years, but the author questions whether this is feasible given the ...

This reconstructed visage of "Dragon Man" from the Harbin Skull is linked to a group of early humans called the Denisovans.

Researchers discovered that Homo erectus adapted to hyperarid conditions in Tanzania one million years ago, challenging ...