When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

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.

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

At several archaeological sites in southern Africa, hundreds of highly unusual fragments of ostrich eggs have been found.

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a ...

These three connected stories about the whole of human history can’t quite sustain the necessary emotional heft.

The history of writing down thoughts and feelings could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, ...

CENIEH is part of the international team publishing in Nature Ecology & Evolution a comprehensive review of two million years of fossil and ...

Saisudha Acharya’s History Unpacked book series was conceived when she was teaching at the alternative school her son attended. “We weren’t restricted by textbooks, so it allowed me to try to get them ...