Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared technologies and customs.

Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans and determined that ... Dec. 12, 2024 — Few genomes have been sequenced from ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

The bone tools were created the same way tools were made from stone.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

“In its lower section, evidence shows early human habitation, whereas the upper section presents no signs of permanent human settlement — only traces of animal activity and occasional human ...

New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than previously thought. If confirmed, our human ancestors started shaping bones by ...

“We may be missing a whole world of tools made by early humans,” he said. Dr. de la Torre has spent years exploring Tanzania, in East Africa, to investigate the early stages of human tool-makin ...