By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

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

The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have ...

Archaeologists show some of the first people to settle the ancient continent of Sahul arrived on the shores of present-day ...

Bassist Cris Kirkwood and drummer Derrick Bostrom met in high school in Phoenix and started their first punk band, Atomic ...

Neanderthals were intelligent, strong, and skilled early humans. From tool-making to burial rituals, discover 10 fascinating facts about our extinct relatives and their lasting legacy.

Ancient DNA is providing valuable insights that could help personalize treatments and drive innovations in modern medicine.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

The interbreeding event contributed around 20% of modern human DNA, with these genes predominantly found in regions ...

Youngkin has proposed an amendment to the Virginia Right to Contraception Act that would protect the right of doctors, ...

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