Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

Explore the origins of human language and its capacity dating back at least 135,000 years, reshaping how we interact.

Homo sapiens (that’s us) did not descend from a neat, single lineage. Instead, modern humans can link their heritage back to ...

A team from the University of Cambridge has found that modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations.

Unlike Neanderthal DNA, which makes up roughly 2% of the genome of non-African modern humans, this ancient mixing event contributed as much as 10 times that amount and is found in all modern humans.

The Lapedo child, discovered in Portugal in 1998, has fascinated scientists for over two decades. This enigmatic skeleton, ...

After four failed attempts, scientists have at last dated the skeleton of a possible human-Neanderthal hybrid found in ...

In view of these features, the Atapuerca team has decided to classify ... The European Pleistocene family photo album ...

Did early humans have rules for how words could be strung together? What impact did the ability to talk have on brains, behaviour and social evolution?