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 ...

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

Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren’t ancestors of Denisovans after all; they’re actually the oldest known Homo erectus fossils in eastern Asia. A recent study has re-dated the skulls to ...

A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest known species in our genus “A finding like this does give hope,” says William ...

A remarkable fossil discovery is offering scientists a clearer view into one of the earliest chapters of human history. Researchers from several countries uncovered an unusually complete Homo habilis ...

Human ancestors were all hominins, but not every species that came before us belonged to the Homo (human) genus. The earliest members of that particular group have long been thought to be Homo habilis ...

Dust and sun define field seasons in East Turkana. So do patience and sharp eyes. In northern Kenya, a set of bones pulled from the ground has now changed what scientists can say about one of your ...

A recently analyzed Homo habilis skeleton, dating back over 2 million years, is reshaping our understanding of early human evolution and may provide crucial insights ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that Homo sapiens originally appeared in Africa, scientists said in a study ...