Homo sapiens began in Africa but Neanderthals were Eurasian. Any miscegenation would have happened after sapiens left its ...

Homo sapiens' entry into Europe might have hastened Neandertals' extinction. Neandertals may have had a greater penchant for cannibalism than Homo sapiens.

Research using new methods for examining and analyzing human fossils reveals previously unknown facets of prehistoric man. The results demonstrate the central role that food plays in the ...

A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds. The ...

Scientists have long thought that only Homo sapiens, who first appeared around ... One of the world's most important prehistoric sites, Olduvai Gorge in modern-day Tanzania, was thought to home ...

Ancient Magdalenians practiced cannibalism, consuming enemies and possibly loved ones, revealing prehistoric violence.

Scientists have long thought that only Homo sapiens, who first appeared around 300,000 years ... One of the world's most important prehistoric sites, Olduvai Gorge in modern-day Tanzania, was thought ...

The study reveals that Neanderthals possessed a very rare type of Rh factor, distinct from that of Denisovans and early Homo sapiens, which could have been fatal to their newborns. Stéphane ...

Neanderthals, Denisovans, Homo erectus have all vanished, leaving just Homo sapiens. Us. And it looks like we humans may ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not ...

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study focuses on a hominin jawbone known as SK 15 that was unearthed in 1949 at ...

Consider three big examples: the evidence for cosmic design in the fundamental laws and structure of the universe; the ...