Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

Paradigm-shattering discovery reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than ...

Homo naledi, an extinct relative of modern humans whose brain was one-third the size of ours, buried their dead and engraved ...

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

After the horrors of World War II and yet again in humanity’s history, law was seen as a rational means for containing such ...

“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

More than just mere cavemen, our Stone Age kin exhibited intelligence in surprising ways, making them more human than ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia ... indicating that our species—H. sapiens—appeared on the scene as early as 300,000 ...

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

The team plans to continue excavating to explore the deepest layers of the Sima del Elefante site, where the Homo aff. erectus face was discovered.