The author of “Sapiens” says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming ...

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

"For me, Homo sapiens evolved between 1 million and 700,000 years ago in Africa," John Hawks, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, told Live Science in an email.

By this definition, even the oldest of this genus that dates back at least 2 million years — Homo habilis — would be human, as would Neanderthals, Denisovans and H. erectus. Just as with early ...

These five skulls, which range from an approximately 2.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus on the left to an approximately 4,800-year-old Homo sapiens on the right, show changes in the ...

The story of human evolution in Africa is undergoing a major rewrite. Did scientists discover the oldest Homo sapiens remains on record? Depends on your definition of what’s human.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Elena Zavala of the University of California, Berkeley, about new research showing how homo sapiens and Neanderthals interacted and may have even interbred.

Humans aren’t so special after all: The fuzzy evolutionary boundaries of Homo sapiens. Recent discoveries point to shared traits and blurred borders with our closest relatives.

Indeed, remains of Homo sapiens have been found a mere 50 kilometers away from this site, ... “Now that we have this new definition, everything falls into place,” she continues.

All the latest breaking news on Homo sapiens. Browse Newsweek archives of photos, videos and articles on Homo sapiens. U.S. ... The definition of a 'modern' human just became more contentious.

After Homo sapiens evolved from the African descendants of H. erectus, humans began exploring the rest of the world, starting this new journey at least 200,000 years ago.