Fossil footprints in Kenya show two ancient human species coexisted
About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy ...
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Extinct hominid from 200,000 year ago in China is likely new human species
Researchers believe that the extinct human species lived in small groups, which might have made them susceptible to ...
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Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens buried their dead differently, study suggests
Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new ...
Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda’
Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda” by Becky Albertalli tells the story of sixteen-year-old Simon Spier. Simon and a ...
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150,000-year-old rock-shelter in Tajikistan found on 'key route for human expansion' used by Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans
published Nov. 4 in the journal Antiquity. However, this "this region is still relatively under explored," they added. "This ...
Big head, big teeth, big implications: early hominid from China stirs new species debate
Scientists make their case for classifying an extinct group that lived in northern China until 120,000 years ago as a ...
Human burial practices had their origin in the Levant, Israeli researchers say
The Levant, encompassing modern-day Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and the Palestinian territories, was a cultural crossroads during the Middle Paleolithic period. Both groups of hominins arrived at similar ...