In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

Thanks to a combination of genetic, palaeoecological, and archaeological evidence, scientists have uncovered that the Persian Plateau served as a vital hub for Homo sapiens during the early stages of ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

The new review, detailed in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, examines over a dozen genetic studies published in the past ...

A team’s investigation of ancient human burials in Israel’s Tinshemet Cave has revealed evidence that Homo sapiens and our nearest cousins, the Neanderthals, intermingled in ancient times ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

That is, after the emergence of Homo sapiens, groups of people subsequently moved apart geographically, and some resulting genetic variations have developed, over time, among the different ...

A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa ...

That is, after the emergence of Homo sapiens, groups of people subsequently moved apart geographically, and some resulting genetic variations have developed, over time, among the different ...

Homo sapiens, the species to which all modern humans belong, evolved in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago. Early Homo sapiens shared the planet with other human species like Neanderthals and Homo ...