Scientists unearthed a Neanderthal infant, Amud 7, in Israel. Its bones and brain were larger than expected for its age. This suggests Nean...

Fossilized human footprints discovered in Saudi Arabia's Nefud Desert, dating back 115,000 years, challenge traditional migration theories....

Researchers are now analyzing ancient DNA found in soil to identify extinct species, revolutionizing prehistoric ecosystem research. This i...

An ancient skull, worn and broken over millennia, has prompted a significant rethink of human evolution. Using high-resolution 3D imaging, ...

A groundbreaking million-year-old skull discovered in China challenges established timelines of human evolution, suggesting modern humans a...

A new study reveals a subtle genetic mutation in modern humans' brain chemistry, specifically affecting the ADSL enzyme. This mutation, uni...

Scientific research confirms that modern humans coexisted with other ancient human species. These species include Neanderthals, Denisovans,...

A child's skull, almost 140,000 years old, was found in Israel. Researchers believe it shows interbreeding between modern humans and Neande...

Scientists explore the mystery of Neanderthal extinction. A new theory links their disappearance to the Laschamp event. This event weakened...

An 80,000-year-old bone spear tip, unearthed in Russia, challenges previous assumptions about Neanderthal capabilities. This discovery sugg...

Bone fragments discovered in Ilsenhohle cave in central Germany have rewritten the early history of Homo sapiens in Europe. The findings, d...

Or so scientists studying caves in the Rhone Valley excavations in France believe. Homo sapiens from western Asia had earlier made two atte...

The use of the bow-and-arrow in Africa has been documented to date back some 70,000 years.

It belonged to a large-brained male in his 50s with deep set eyes and thick brow ridges. Though his face was wide, it had flat, low cheekbo...

As researchers Israel Hershkovitz, Yossi Zaidner and colleagues detail in two companion studies published in Science, this archaic human co...

As their genes’ remnants combat Covid-19, there’s no shame in owning up our ancestry.

The silliest thing that Neanderthals probably ever did was not realise the potential of a furry animal with a wagging tail.