In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.

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In Northern China, archaeologists have discovered evidence of a previously unknown Palaeolithic culture of Homo sapiens at ...

History, philosophy, and futurism blend seamlessly in the works of Yuval Noah Harari, whose books have reshaped how readers view humanity’s past and anticipate its future. Whether you're new to his ...

Scientists uncover evidence that early humans inherited 20% of their genes from a mysterious ancestor. Credit: Public Domain Scientists have discovered that an unknown group of human ancestors ...

Around 100,000 years ago, a group of Homo sapiens -like humans buried five of their dead at Timshenet cave, along with grave goods consisting of animal remains and chunks of red ochre. At the same ...

Logically, then, there must have been a moment when Homo sapiens became a distinct species. Yet that moment is surprisingly hard to pin down. The problem, for once, isn’t a lack of fossils.

Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to ...

The Homo sapiens fossils found beneath Ranis Castle in central Germany were already the oldest evidence of our species in northern Europe. Now, these ancient German fossils have torn up the timeline ...

Maybe a species continues to evolve by gaining new traits, say Homo erectus evolves into Homo sapiens. Or maybe they interbreed with other species — like humans did with neanderthals.