A study from U.S. and Chinese researchers suggests Neanderthals and early modern humans probably had similar cognitive ...

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later ...

Neanderthals are Homo sapiens's closest-known relative, and today we know we rubbed shoulders with them for thousands of years, up until the very end of their long reign some 40,000 years ago. Most ...

For a long time, Neanderthals have intrigued both scientists and historians. They were not mere primitive cavemen walking ...

WHO are we? This fundamental question has always exercised humanity. One way to approach it is to look at our origins and the evolutionary journey we have taken. Today, thanks to powerful new tools, ...

A new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. BBC’s five-part series “Human” premieres Wednesday as part of the PBS series “Nova,” following paleoanthropologist ...

Three hundred thousand years ago, the first generations of Homo sapiens huddled in caves, seeking shelter from the darkness. The fire flickered in the center, casting shadows on the walls and ...