The oldest-known human bones in Europe were just discovered in a cave in Bulgaria. The cave also contained ancient tools ...

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ancestral lineages.

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

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Understanding the differences between Neanderthal and modern human faces sheds light on our own evolution.

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

The precise timeline of Homo sapiens' evolution in Africa remains uncertain. However, current fossil and genetic evidence suggests that modern humans and Neanderthals diverged at least 500,000 ...

Homo Sapiens pushed out of Africa roughly 50,000 years ago, but scientists recently discovered a previously unknown lineage.

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct ...

A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa ...