Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers announced the discovery of a new fossil from the ...

Piecing together the story of Europe's earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers ...

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

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

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.

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.

At the Atapuerca archaeological site in Burgos, Spain, the oldest human in Western Europe was discovered for the third time, ...

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

Last year, a book titled Philosophy and Leadership coined the term Homo Lidericus. Drawing on the Latin word for leader, the ...

THE DISCOVERY A small excavation, just two square meters. And from the deepest layers, prehistoric human bones began to ...

Explore the origins of human language and its capacity dating back at least 135,000 years, reshaping how we interact.

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...