A discovery of a child's tooth and stone tools in a cave in southern France suggests Homo sapiens was in western Europe about 54,000 years ago. That is several thousands of years earlier than ...

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

Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. New research is providing the most precise estimate to date of when ...