For decades, the predominant view of human evolution held that Homo sapiens emerged in Africa between 200,000 and 300,000 ...

More than just mere cavemen, our Stone Age kin exhibited intelligence in surprising ways, making them more human than ...

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...

A newly excavated cave in Israel holds burials and artifacts suggesting that multiple human species commingled and shared ...

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

Modern humans and Neanderthals are classified as separate species. According to biologists, they shouldn’t have been able to ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals Homo sapiens descended from two ancestral groups, not one. This complex origin story ...

Discoveries in Tinshemet Cave reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than originally thought.

"Neanderthals' and Homo sapiens' interactions were not just sporadic encounters, but they had very substantial contacts which led to adoption of behaviors," Zaidner said. The fact that groups of ...