We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did we replace them?

New research has revealed that Homo erectus in Java persisted far longer than previously believed, possibly overlapping with ...

Could Homo antecessor have dabbled in cannibalism? Did these archaic humans eat their own? The fossils of Homo antecessor were discovered in the Gran Dolina cave at Sierra de Atapuerca in the Province ...

The burials are older than any known Homo sapiens burials by at least 100,000 ... “We feel that they’ve met the litmus test of human burials or archaic human burials and the most ancient ...

Researchers focused on three key events: a bottleneck 900,000 years ago (Event 1), the divergence of modern and archaic humans 650,000 years ago (Event 2), and interbreeding between Homo sapiens ...

an archaic Homo sapiens, or a Denisovan. The bone, known scientifically as Penghu 1, was netted by a fisherman from the floor of the Penghu Channel, about 15.5 miles off the west coast of Taiwan.

At that time, only five archaic Homo sapiens genomes were available. For the new study, Iasi, Chintalapati and their colleagues employed this technique with 58 previously sequenced genomes of ...

At that time, only five archaic Homo sapiens genomes were available. For the new study, Iasi, Chintalapati and their colleagues employed this technique with 58 previously sequenced genomes of ...

The bulk of the human population were archaic members of our species, Homo sapiens, which first appeared in southern Africa about 100,000 to 300,000 years ago. By 74,000 years ago, these people ...

Even though the exact anatomical traits of the hominins at these sites vary—from modern Homo sapiens to archaic Neanderthal-like forms—their tools and practices speak a common cultural language.