A latest study utilizing advanced spatial modeling has revealed that neither climate change nor direct competition with early modern humans can fully explain the disappearance of Neanderthals from ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famed astrophysicist, has always emphasized the importance of reading to expand one's mind ...

New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

Scientists have uncovered surprising clues hidden deep in human DNA, and the findings are forcing experts to rethink a ...

A growing number of discoveries are reshaping long-held ideas about human evolution, from unexpectedly early stone tools to ...

The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

While dogs and cats are genetically unrelated, breeding for certain features is making some dog and cat breeds look more and ...

A new study uncovers a subtle but powerful factor that may have tipped the balance between Neanderthals and early humans.

When archaeologists studying a fifth-century Swedish site found a human skeleton lying on the floor of a house, they wondered ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...