Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations ...

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

A detailed study of Neanderthal bones from Belgium reveals evidence of selective cannibalism, shedding light on potential ...

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

In 2021, scientists made a breakthrough when they classified a 140,000-year-old skull from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, as ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

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

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

Can you really trust the AI “story” your business tells — or is it just a 56 percent gamble waiting to happen?

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 ...

It's easy to get lost in science fiction when you think about how people will look in the far future, but the question has real scientific roots. Body.