Human fossils uncovered in a cave at the Thomas I quarry near Casablanca are offering fresh insight into a critical phase of ...

The human immune system like fat and blood sugar levels may have been due to genetic mutations from Denisovans, our little known extinct human relatives ...

Fossils from Morocco, dated to 773,000 years ago, reveal an early Homo sapiens lineage, shedding light on Africa’s role in ...

Where did our species first emerge? Fossils discovered in Morocco dating back more than 773,000 years bolster the theory that ...

For anthropologists, there has long been a major mystery. Fossils from between 600,000 and 1 million years ago, when human ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Genetic evidence suggests the last shared ancestor of present-day humans, as well as ancient Neanderthals and Denisovans, ...

A study published in Nature reported that a group of researchers has discovered new hominin fossils dating back to 773 ...

The timing and location of our species’ emergence remain unclear for lack of evidence but a new discovery in Morocco brings ...