Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Scientists have long known that different types of hominins coexisted on Earth. Homo sapiens, who emerged only around 300,000 years ago , shared the planet with Neanderthals and Denisovans for ...

On the shores of an ancient lake more than 1.5 million years ago, two species of early humans might have set eyes on each other. As giant storks flew overhead and ancient zebras waded through the sand ...