Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new ...

Beyond mere biological evolution, the story of our species is filled with cultural and technological revolutions that have ...

More than 1.5 million years ago, two different species of ancient human crossed paths on a lakeshore, perhaps locking eyes ...

Let’s dig deep into a few misconceptions about early humans, from their supposed stupidity to their alleged cohabitation with ...

Early Homo sapiens and their Neanderthal cousins started burying their dead around the same time and roughly the same place, some 120,000 years ago. This suggests the two species may have had, at ...

A University of Hawaiʻi researcher says he may have found a new human species called Homo juluensis, which includes ...

Scientists make their case for classifying an extinct group that lived in northern China until 120,000 years ago as a ...

Muddy footprints found beside Lake Turkana, Kenya reveal two ancient hominin species were once neighbors 1.5 million years ...

More than 300,000 years ago, Homo sapiens emerged in Africa, the cradle of humanity. Around 60,000 to 70,000 years ago, these early humans embarked on one of the greatest migrations in history, ...