Modern humans have uniquely small and flat faces, especially compared with our Neanderthal cousins' notoriously robust faces ...

When we think of human evolution, our minds wander back to the millions of years it took natural selection to produce ...

New Insights Into the Denisovans: New Hominin Group That Interbred With Modern Day Humans Nov. 8, 2024 — Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the ...

This species encompasses all archaic human forms such as H. erectus and Neanderthals as well as modern forms, and evolved worldwide to the diverse populations of anatomically modern humans (Homo ...

But, unlike today, Earth was home to many different forms of human life. Krause and other scientists are curious about Homo sapiens, or modern-day humans. Figuring out what made us so special ...

After reinvestigating a site in modern-day Côte d’Ivoire, an international team of researchers claims that humans (Homo sapiens) began living in rainforests as early as 150,000 years ago—tens ...

The heart rate rises, muscles tense, and thoughts race. While the modern-day human does not face the same threats as our ancestors did, the fight-or-flight response system remains intact.

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Over the course of evolution, several groups of ancient viruses colonized our ancestors’ genomes, leaving thousands of fragments of viral code in modern-day human ...

The reasons for the demise of the Neanderthals some 30 thousand years ago, only a few millennia after the first appearance of modern humans in Europe, remain controversial, and are a focus of ...