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.

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

Maba 1 was considered a ‘Chinese Neanderthal’ for their resemblance manifested in the facial area. However, this study did ...

“Suddenly it’s kind of crystalized that the center of diversity for archaic populations is in ... Denisovans left their genetic fingerprints in Homo sapiens for generations to come—providing ...

Denisovans are extinct human relatives who lived at the same time as Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. But unlike Neanderthals ... to identify more archaic bones from the genus.

As far as art goes, it's not going to win any awards. But this large pebble might be the earliest known representation of a face, experts say.

The presence of Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis and archaic Homo sapiens fossils, found in association with well-dated archaeological material, throws light on the development of skills and ...

The presence of Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis and archaic Homo sapiens fossils, found in association with well-dated archaeological material, throws light on the development of skills and ...

By Dennis Sale Context SOME readers have contacted me, asking why I call this series Hard Psychology. The main reason is that because it involves highlighting certain aspects of human psychological ...

These Homo sapiens—nomadic hunter-gatherers who populated Western Europe between 11,000 and 35,000 years ago—carry with them a leather rucksack containing objects of value: mostly flint cores ...