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

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

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

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

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

After the horrors of World War II and yet again in humanity’s history, law was seen as a rational means for containing such ...

Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern humans belong, evolved in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago. Early Homo sapiens shared the planet with other human species like Neanderthals and Homo ...

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

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.

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

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...