Witness the incredible journey of our species! From simple beginnings to the sophisticated beings we are today, human ...

Despite the existence of just one species today, Homo sapiens, investigations at ancient sites may uncover a new species.

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say. The seven footprints, found amidst a clutter of hundreds of prehistoric ...

Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals.

For decades, fossils from this region that didn't fit neatly into categories like Homo erectus or Homo sapiens were often ... a far more diverse evolutionary history of ancient human forms than ...

Several scientific studies confirm that both species coexisted for seven millennia and even reproduced among themselves.

Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...

University of California, Berkeley Assistant Professor’s Study Provides a New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding with ...

The major difference between Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal indicates that Neanderthals were outcompeted by the former.

sapiens and Neanderthals should be classified as different species so we can better understand humans' evolutionary history ... arguing that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens should be considered ...