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 ...

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

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

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Archaeologists have unearthed Paleolithic glyphs in a German cave, potentially pushing back the history of written communication by over 30,000 years.

These moves, by both institutions and citizens, are part of a relatively recent global reckoning with the dark side of the ...

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

Fossils found at the Nesher Ramla site in Israel date between 140,000 and 120,000 years ago and do not match known human species. Their anatomy suggests long-term interaction and interbreeding between ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.

Research shows Ice Age humans used structured signs 40,000 years ago as a communication system, revealing deep prehistoric ...