Two fossil skulls discovered in Yunxian, northern China, are now dated to approximately 1.77 million years ago, making them ...
Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...
A study confirms that Homo erectus, the direct ancestor of modern humans, arrived hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previous studies indicated, rewriting our understanding of early human ...
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations ...
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 ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.
But the next time you squash one of these bloodsuckers, consider this: you are participating in a bitter rivalry that goes back to the time of Homo erectus. It turns out that mosquitoes have been ...