The basic outline of the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals is now well established. The two came in contact as modern humans began their major expansion out of Africa, which occurred ...

Learn about the overlap between archaic humans that once lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the modern humans ...

A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

Investigations on various sites at Strait of Gibraltar revealed not only the presence of first-ever intercontinental rock art ...

The question of what makes modern humans unique has long been a driving force for researchers. Comparisons with our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, therefore provide fascinating insights. The ...

A gene called ADSL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings could shed light on why Neanderthals vanished. When you purchase through ...

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Scientists are still learning about the origins of our species, Homo sapiens, which is thought to have arisen during what was called the Middle Pleistocene and is now known as the Chibanian period, ...

Some of the oldest remains of modern humans in the world are much older than scientists thought. The remains, known as Omo I, were found in southwest Ethiopia in the late 1960s. The bone and skull ...

A new paper suggests Neanderthals and Homo sapiens alternately settled the same shelter more than 50,000 years ago. By Sabrina Imbler Tens of thousands of years ago, the hottest real estate in Europe ...