Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...

“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than ...

A deep-rooted population structure emerged, suggesting modern humans, Homo sapiens, are the result of a population that split ...

Researchers also found additional relics like stone tools made from flint and quartz, as well as animal bones displaying cut ...

Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild South China ... they could become the fourth subspecies of tiger to go extinct. The large yellow-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulata ...

A familiar plot in movies and soap operas is that of the good twin and the evil twin. They can be twins as well, but the idea is the same: either by accident or evil intent, one of the twins will ...

What would you do if you were approached by a silverback mountain gorilla? Watch the amazing footage of this close encounter.

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

It is the first time researchers use data from ... A New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding With Modern Humans Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans.