An early human species – the Denisovans – who went extinct 25,000 years ago – lived across more of the world than was thought ...

Understanding the differences between Neanderthal and modern human faces sheds light on our own evolution.

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

The mechanisms behind the development of human language are one of the great mysteries of primate evolution. Biologists have ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

Yuval Noah Harari’s books illuminate history, technology, and society with bold and interesting insights. A compelling ...

A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa ...

The Middle Stone Age is also linked to the origin and evolution of the modern human species, Homo sapiens, in Africa as well ...

A Denisovan jawbone found off Taiwan's coast shines light on their expansive range across Eurasia. DNA extraction was not ...