Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

What will humans look like after ten thousand years or one lakh years from now? Will they be shorter? Will they be taller or thinner? Will the humans be more intelligent or will they be stupid? These ...

There were at least nine Homo species — including H. sapiens — distributed around Africa, Europe and Asia by about 300,000 ...

The author of “Sapiens” says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming ...

This suggests Homo sapiens employed strategies that reduced stress for their children after weaning that Neanderthals ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published on Dec. 23, 2023 and was updated on Dec. 11, 2024 to include information from the 2024 paper arguing that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens should be ...

Rewriting our ancient past. Despite going extinct around 40,000 years ago, the genes of Neanderthals are still found in humans today. The exact Neanderthal DNA percentage in H. sapiens varies, ...

They lived from around 430,000 years ago until their disappearance relatively soon after Homo sapiens - a species that arose roughly 300,000 years ago in Africa - trekked into areas Neanderthals ...