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

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

The prehistoric facial bones were found buried in 50 feet of mud and silt, and are believed to be 1.1 to 1.4 million years ...

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from early modern humans, who first arrived in Europe ... A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 14, 2024 ...

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Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

Utilizing sophisticated analyses grounded in complete genome sequences, researchers at the University of Cambridge have ...