Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new ...

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

Dating over 45,000 years ago, they are the oldest human remains ever found so far north. This means that early Homo sapiens lived alongside Neanderthals in that region for thousands of years.

A recent study published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology suggests that for 2 million years, Homo sapiens and ...

For over 2 million years, humans and their ancestors dominated the food chain, thriving as apex predators with a meat-heavy ...

Discover the violent history of tomatoes and how they have transformed from a wild fruit to a cancer-fighting food.

The second continuum is when millions are invested in higher education but this education is received by people without the ...

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974. And her fossils are still yielding new insights ...

Likewise, new techniques for recovering ancient proteins from human dental plaque have shown no evidence of horse milk in the ...

Researchers suggest they may have been collected by Neanderthal children, drawn to their striking shapes and patterns. “These ...

Fossil teeth challenge the idea that large brains drove extended childhood, suggesting cultural transmission shaped human evolution.