Ancient human ancestors ate small children 850,000 years ago, a gruesome discovery suggests. Archaeologists working at the ...

The Denisova cave is situated in the Altai Mountains of Siberia in Russia. In this cave archaeologists have discovered the fossilised remains of 3 species of archaic humans, the Neanderthals, the ...

According to new CT scans and models, parts of the 140,000-year-old skull resemble those of modern humans, while the jaw appears to be more similar to those of our extinct relatives ...

Called Homo juluensis, or “big head,” this species could help piece together missing info about humanity around the late Middle Pleistocene.

One of the earliest known human burials unearthed in Skhul Cave was a cross between modern humans and Neanderthals with an ...

In 1929, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old skeleton of a young girl in Skhūl Cave. The researchers believed her ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human evolution and how – with the help of the latest discoveries – we’re learning ...

Scientists say that male Neanderthal and Homo sapiens female couples would have had the highest likelihood of producing fertile hybrid offspring (AI-generated impression) ...

Prehistoric sunscreen The study also highlights the use of ochre by Homo sapiens, which it says offered protection against solar radiation.

These Homo sapiens – nomadic hunter-gatherers who populated Western Europe between 11,000 and 35,000 years ago – carry with them a leather rucksack containing objects of value: mostly flint cores and ...

New research suggests a magnetic pole reversal 41k years ago caused harmful radiation. Homo sapiens adapted with clothing and ochre, while Neanderthals didn't.