Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

The transition from non-life to life was very likely aided by an asteroid hitting Earth, prebiotic chemistry, molecular ...

Evidence of early human use of geometric concepts in prehistoric art has surfaced in Africa, pointing to complex patterns in ...

More than 60,000 years ago, early humans in southern Africa were carving patterns onto ostrich eggshells—and new research shows these designs were far more sophisticated than previously believed. A ...

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...

Archaeologists report that 60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal humanity’s earliest known use of geometry.

New research into the interbreeding patterns between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens reveals that male Neanderthals primarily mated with female Homo sapiens. The findings challenge previous assumptions ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations already inhabiting the vast expanses ...

New discoveries of Stone Age symbols in Germany could push back the history of writing by over 30,000 years, potentially ...