The remains of at least 16 individuals, including children, have been discovered in a cave in eastern China, and are believed ...

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

Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the ...

A 1.5-million-year-old lakebed from Kenya shows two ancient human relatives cohabitating an environment, shaking up our ...

Two species of ancient humans walked beside each other 1.5 million years ago, fossil footprints have revealed.

Researchers believe that the extinct human species lived in small groups, which might have made them susceptible to ...

Beyond mere biological evolution, the story of our species is filled with cultural and technological revolutions that have ...

A discovery in northern Kenya hints that two extinct species that were our ancient relatives shared the same habitat and ...

About 1.5 million years ago, individuals of two different species in the human evolutionary lineage trudged on a muddy ...

Scientists in China have unearthed a new human species with remarkable physical characteristics. The remains of 16 ...

Early modern humans were taller and less stocky than Neanderthals, perhaps more suited to endurance running than short bursts of speed. The Homo sapiens man's body proportions were similar to those of ...

Tests on remains from a cave in northern Bulgaria suggest Homo sapiens was there as early as 46,000 years ago. This is up to 2,000 years older than evidence from Italy and the UK. Around this time ...