A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool ...

Scarlett Johansson leads a crew of explorers into uncharted territory — and very familiar blockbuster terrain — in yet ...

In a way they never went extinct. We merged! 'Probably the relatively low amount of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA in present humans reflects the fact that modern humans [Homo sapiens] were more ...

Thesefossils, unearthed from the depths of Southeast Asia’s Sunda Shelf, provide valuable insights into the migration and ...

Dubbed Homo luzonensis, the species is one of the most important finds that will be out in the coming years, one scientist predicts. By Michael Greshko and Maya Wei-Haas April 10, 2019 ...

Europe’s earliest known boomerang, carved from mammoth tusk and over 40,000 years old, reveals advanced skills of early Homo ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

At the heart of the discovery lie stone tools — silent, sharp witnesses to a vanished way of life. What sets the inhabitants ...

Researcher used carbon dating to provide evidence that humans had arrived in Brazil much earlier than previously thought.

The new dating of an object found decades ago in Poland reinforces the idea that early humans in Central Europe had ...

New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed—until one group succeeded spectacularly ...