That range spans three different human ancestors: Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, and early Homo sapiens. “This is ...

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

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

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Homo heidelbergensis, shares features with both modern humans and our homo erectus ancestors. The early human species had a very large browridge, and a larger braincase and flatter face than ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in ...

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.

The intricate cave system perched deep in an isolated stretch of Spanish mountains contained the remains of an ancient and ...

our ancestors (Homo erectus) had already developed the cognitive abilities required to transfer skills from making stone tools to making bone tools. This leap in human history was a game-changer ...

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...

Analysis - The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then ...