A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

From growth charts to anemia thresholds, clinical standards assume a single human prototype. Why are we still using ...

Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long ...

Disagreements persist over which species occupied each site, although the Qafzeh and Skhul specimens are generally seen as being more Homo sapiens than Neanderthal while the Nesher Ramla remains ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology ...

Widespread notions of human superiority or exceptionalism tend to project a civilised species capable of periods ... we believe that the designation Homo sapiens sapiens should be changed to ...

By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than you may realize.

For the last two decades, the prevailing view in human evolutionary genetics has been that Homo sapiens first appeared in ...

They were groups of archaic Neanderthal-like Homo, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. “These groups interacted and developed a homogeneous culture, including in their hunting techniques and tool ...