The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Discover the story of the human brain like never before with Dr Suzana Herculano-Houzel, a pioneering neuroscientist from ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

The tools, crafted using Quina method – a technique used by Neanderthals – have been found an archaeological site in ...

is astonishing—and it tells us that our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined." Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should be covering? Do you have a question about ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

Archaeologists in China have found stone technology previously thought to have been used by Neanderthals in Europe, ...

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of genetic studies proposes that the cognitive capacity for language was already ...

Researchers have uncovered a complete Quina technological system in the Longtan site in southwest China. The discovery challenges the widely held perception that the Middle Paleolithic period was ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources. But how did the production of stone tools -- called 'knapping' -- start?