According to new research, Neanderthal DNA genes could be the reason that some people are more prone to a type of ...

A 140,000-year-old hybrid child's skull found in Israel shows traits of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, rewriting the ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

A groundbreaking study of the Skhūl I skull challenges our understanding of early human evolution.

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the only existing members of the human family tree. However, our evolutionary journey began around 6 million years ago and gave rise to at least 18 species, ...

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants managed to people the rest of the world ...

We break down some common myths about our early human ancestors—and what makes our species, ‘Homo sapiens,’ so different from them.

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...