New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest ...
Until recently, it was thought that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals split off from their last common ancestor around 600,000 ...
A reconstruction of a one-million-year-old skull suggested that our species started to emerge hundreds of thousands of years ...
Life demanded attention to every detail—tracking, hunting, crafting, and planning. These folks adapted naturally, relying on instincts honed over generations. Their existence wasn’t simple, yet they ...
A deformed human skull discovered over thirty years ago in central China is now upending what researchers believed they ...
When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...
Until now, the earliest known evidence of Homo sapiens dates back 300,000 years in Africa. But the reclassification of Yunxian 2 suggests that three major human lineages – Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, ...
Not much is known about the mysterious, prehistoric Châtelperronian people, but they did leave behind some tantalizing clues.
(CNN) — In a rocky outcrop on Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel, a group of ancient humans buried their dead about 140,000 years ago. Scientists uncovered the site, called Skhul Cave, in 1928, and ...