Astronomers have discovered a group of dwarf galaxies with distinct features that challenge predictions made by the ...

Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new ...

After combing through the literature, the team found five Neanderthal burial sites and two Homo sapiens burial sites in the region from this period. The Neanderthals almost entirely buried their ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

This is embodied in the so-called March of Progress illustration where a stooping chimp-like creature gradually morphs into Homo sapiens, apparently the apex of evolution. These days, we know ...

A discovery of a child's tooth and stone tools in a cave in southern France suggests Homo sapiens was in western Europe about 54,000 years ago. That is several thousands of years earlier than ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...