Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals a unique group of people who thrived in the once-lush Sahara.

DNA from two mummies at Takarkori links them to 15,000-year-old Taforalt hunter-gatherers, challenging the idea of the Green ...

Recent research has revealed surprising details about the prehistoric population of North Africa thanks to the genetic ...

The exact mechanisms behind the differences in facial features between Neanderthals and modern humans are still not fully ...

Did Homo sapiens and Neanderthals work together? History is rewritten by a finding that is 110,000 years old. There are grave ...

The first definitive evidence of Middle Paleolithic Quina technology in East Asia has been uncovered in the Longtan site in ...

New Teeth Analysis Reveals Humans and Neanderthals Split 800,000 Years Ago, Yet We Have a Mysterious Common Ancestor New ...

A new study suggests a far more intricate genetic tapestry is involved in the ultimate ancestry of people in Japan.

Those of us who signed up for DNA testing kits from 23andMe did so thinking we’d unlock deep ancestral secrets. Maybe we’d ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...