The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

After 15 years, we know the first Denisovan skull.” With these words, Qiaomei Fu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced a paradigm-shifting moment in human evolution research, as molecular ...

A self-identified “privileged white male Homo sapien on a trajectory to decolonize” himself spoke at a recent anti-Israel panel at Western Washington University in Bellingham. “I live in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the ...

Homo sapiens regularly crossed the Pyrenees during the Ice Age ... This allows us to know, after detailed study, the origin of the pieces we find in the archaeological record.

Hip bone found in cave in France may represent a previously unknown lineage of Homo sapiens. Aug 8, 2023. Neanderthal cave engravings identified as oldest known, more than 57,000 years old.

On this occasion, humanity’s indirect ancestry was traced back to Spain during pre-Homo sapien sapiens times, and once again Denisovan genes are at play. So it appears the same hominid who is most ...

When homo sapiens migrated out of Africa to Eurasia in pre-history, ... while they split from the modern human Homo sapien lineage around 600,000 years ago.

Rewriting our ancient past. Despite going extinct around 40,000 years ago, the genes of Neanderthals are still found in humans today. The exact Neanderthal DNA percentage in H. sapiens varies, ...

New Neanderthal Lineage From 100,000 Years Ago Helps Explain Their Extinction A group of early humans, ... Scientists have found Homo sapien fossils there and are still excavating the site. “This is ...