Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

Was blood a factor in the demise of the Neanderthals? New research is showing that Homo sapiens underwent huge changes in ...

To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

I want to offer you a different lens through which to better understand the climatological and environmental crises that ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood ...

A new study indicates that human behavior around 45,000 to 29,000 years ago contributed to a change in the composition of ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus demonstrated remarkable adaptability by thriving in harsh desert environments, ...

Our ancestor Homo erectus was able to survive punishingly hot and dry desert more than a million years ago, according to a ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

according to a new study that casts doubt on the idea that Homo sapiens were the first humans capable of living in such hostile terrain. The moment when the first members of the extended human ...