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

Perhaps human females found Neanderthal males to be high-status providers. Or perhaps Neanderthal society was “patrilocal” — meaning women moved to join the man’s family — while human society was the ...

The transition from non-life to life was very likely aided by an asteroid hitting Earth, prebiotic chemistry, molecular self-replication, and the emergence of membranes.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Genetic evidence hints that there was a strong bias for male Neanderthals and female humans to mate, rather than any other combination ...

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 ...