A cave in Israel reveals traces of coexistence between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens that differs significantly from what was ...

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

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

A groundbreaking discovery reveals Homo sapiens descended from two ancestral groups, not one. This complex origin story ...

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

The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have ...

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

By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

For decades, the predominant view of human evolution held that Homo sapiens emerged in Africa between 200,000 and 300,000 ...

The precise timeline of Homo sapiens' evolution in Africa remains uncertain. However, current fossil and genetic evidence suggests that modern humans and Neanderthals diverged at least 500,000 ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.